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Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Becky J. Cox
Teaching
• Teaching Scholars Institute, Representing UTM CEBS.
Scholarship
• Cox, B. A., Cox, B. J. Developing interpersonal and group dynamics through asynchronous threaded discussions: The use of discussion board in collaborative learning. Education. In print.
• Cox, B. J., Cox, B.A. You can teach old dog new tricks: The use of asynchronous threaded discussions. National Social Science Journal. In print.
• March 2008: National Science Teachers Association Conference, Boston, MA. “The March of the Armadillo.” With children's author Lynne Cherry.
• March 2008: National Science Teachers Association Conference, Boston, MA. National Marine Education Association Share-a-thon.
• April 2008. National Social Science Association, Las Vegas , NV . “The use of discussion board to create a community of learners.” With Dr. Betty Cox
- Invited reviewer for Wadsworth/Cengage Learning's new textbook, Classroom Management: Building Cultural Understanding for a Caring World . Name and UTM affiliation will be included in the acknowledgment section of the published text.
- Reviewer for Castro/Huber: Discovering the Living Oceans (a marine biology text). Name and UTM affiliation will be included in the acknowledgment section of the published text.
- Proposal reviewer for NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program.
Service
- Invited attendee: Second Annual Mathematics & Science Education Research Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.
- Judge of Advanced Interviewing Skills & Entrepreneur Contest. Tennessee Business Professionals West Tennessee Regional, Jackson, TN.
- Member of “No Child Left Inside” Task Force led by Dean J. Byford, UTM.
Other Awards
• Recipient of Technology Program allotment from UTM's Office of Research, Grants, and Contracts. The cost reimbursement grant will be used for actual expenses associated with the National Technology and Social Science Conference in Las Vegas, NV, April 2008.
Robert Erk
Scholarship
• Completed the second edition of his textbook "Counseling Treatment for Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with DSM-IV-TR Disorders" published by Merrill Prentice Hall in 2008.
Sandra Murray
Scholarship
• Presented at the AACTE Annual Conference, with Dr. Betty Cox: Providing Quality Training for Potential School Administrators
Service
• Facilitated an organizational meeting with Dr. Betty Cox to reinstate the Tennessee Professors of Educational Administration, which had become a nonfunctioning organization about 5 years ago. We held our first meeting in December 2007. At that time, Betty & I were elected to the Executive Board. The Executive Board met on February 19 to prepare by-laws, etc.
• Serving on the State Board of Education Leadership Redesign Task Force.
• Reviewed Proposals for the Annual AACTE Conference
• Reviewing Article Submissions for the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration Annual Yearbook.
• Chair of the Graduate Committee, the By-Laws Committee, and the EDAS Admissions Committee, and member of Chairperson Selection Committee, and NCATE Diversity Committee.
Glenda Rakes
• Presentations- “Exploring relationships between teacher technology concerns and classroom practices” and “Open book assessment options: Measuring teacher education students' achievement in Web-based courses” at the Nineteenth Annual International Conference for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education; Las Vegas, Nevada in March. Both presentations are based on research supported by RITE grants (2006 and 2007).
• Research project entitled "Teacher Beliefs as Predictors of Concerns Regarding the Effect of Instructional Technology on Students" funded by the 2008 RITE grant.
Cherry Watts
Other Awards
• Awarded a mini-grant from the American Democracy Project to facilitate inclusion of service learning into a course in the next semester. The grant was awarded for the continuation of a service learning project done by teacher candidates working with high school students to collect community stories. The project is entitled, “Finding Hidden Legends” and the teacher candidates are working with junior English students at Henry County High School.
Crystal Whitlow
Scholarship
• Acceptance of peer-reviewed article “Ninety Minutes of Inclusion: 10 Essential Elements Observed” English Leadership Quarterly- April 2008 Issue.
• AERA Presentation- “Increasing Grammatical Morpheme Usage and Mean Length of Utterance in Preschoolers with Language Delay” March, 2008.
Service
• Improving Teacher Quality Grant “Mentoring in Inclusive Environments”, 2005 has been selected to be featured in a 2-3 page spread in a Research Grants and Contracts publication that will go out to alumni.
Laura Brown
Scholarship
• “How to Plan a 5k,” Presented at the Tennessee Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance State Convention, Nashville, TN, November 2007.
Service
• TAHPERD Leadership Development Conference, Franklin, TN, February 2008.
Linda Ramsey
Teaching
• Attending the World Congress and Exposition on Disabilities provided many ideas for Teaching Adapted Physical Education and Therapeutic Recreation.
Scholarship
• Presented, “Is Your Back Out of Wack,” at TAHPERD on November 4-6, 2007, Franklin, TN.
• Presented at the World Congress and Exposition on Disabilities in Washington, D.C., November 15-17, 2007 . The presentations I made were:
- • “Do Environmental Factors Have Anything to Do with the Development of Mental Retardation?”
- • “Clinical Experiences for University Students in Adaptive Physical Education”.
- • “The Way Adaptive Physical Education Should Be Taught At the College Level”.
Service
• Serving on the WLJT-TV Television Board of Directors 2007-2009.
• Kiwanis Regional Trustee 2006-2008.
• Kiwanis District Foundation Board 2006-2009.
• University Relay for Life Team Captain.
• Faculty Relations Committee, 2007-2009.
Mark Walton
Scholarship
• Race Co-Coordinator, Brian Brown Memorial 5K, March 1, 2008. Elam Center, UTM.
• Health Occupation Students of America Regional Competition, Judge, January 2008.
• “NSCA's Fly Solo Program” presented to 51 high school and middle school coaches from Memphis City Schools. January 11-12, 2008. Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.
Janet Wilbert
Scholarship
• Accepted to present “Undergraduate research: Let the battle begin” at The Teaching Professor Conference, Kissimmee, FL. in May 2008 with Dr. Laura Brown.
Service
• Visited Ripley HS, Bolton HS, Decauter Riverside HS, Liberty Magnet, Adamsville HS during the week of December 10-14. Spoke to over 100 students in the Allied Health Vocational track in the schools. Presented at Middleton HS and Chester Co HS in February. Will present at Munford HS in March.
• Will attend the State Health Occupation Students of America conference in Chattanooga, TN, March 2008.
• Co-chaired professional education committee for the Tennessee Athletic Trainers Society annual conference in January 2008.
• Took 14 students to the Southeast Athletic Trainers Assn Student Symposium in Atlanta, GA, February, 2008.
Ervin Briones
Scholarship
• Referred publication in print in a special issue of Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. The special issue will also become a stand alone book from Haworth Press entitled, Family Intervention in Substance Abuse: Current Best Practices (April, 2008). Reference: Briones, E., Robbins, M. S., & Szapocznik, J. (in press). Brief strategic family therapy: Engagement and treatment. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly.
• A co-authored article was published in the refereed and prestigious journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Reference: Prado, G., Pantin, H., Briones, E ., Schwartz, S., Feaster, D., Huang, S., Sullivan, S., Tapia, M., Sabillon, E., Lopez, B., & Szapocznik, J. (2007). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parent-Centered Intervention in Preventing Substance Use and HIV Risk Behaviors in Hispanic Adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(6), 914-926.
• A co-authored chapter was published by the American Psychological Association. Reference: Pantin, H., Schwartz, S. J., Coatworth, J. D., Sullivan, S., Briones, E ., & Szapocznik, J. (2007). Familias unidas: A systemic parent-centered approach to preventing problem behavior in Hispanic adolescents. In P. Tolan, J. Szapocznik, & S. Sambrano (Eds.). Preventing substance abuse ages 2-14. Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association.
Susan P. Buckelew
Teaching
• Added a video-taped interview training protocol to the Introduction to Clinical Psychology Course.
• Trained 3 students in the use of the psychophysiological equipment (Procomp Infiniti) who were then able to collect data in a research portion to the Physiological Psychology Lab Course.
Scholarship
• 2008, March. Roberts, K.D., Butkovic, J. D., & Buckelew, S P “Predictors of Academic Performance: The role of sleep” To be presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting, Charlotte, N.C.
• 2008, August. Buckelew, S.P., Butkovic, J.D, Crittendon, R. S., Roberts, K. D., & Brown, G. E. (accepted for presentation.) “Hoping for a Good Grade.” Paper to be presented to the American Psychological Association Meeting. Boston, MA.
• Completed data collection for “Sleep Deprivation Among College Students: EEG Patterning” project.
Service
• Served on the Program Committee and reviewed abstracts for the Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting.
• Chair the Poster Session, “ Education /Teaching/ School ” at the Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting. (March, 2008).
• Joined the Editorial Board of “Rehabilitation Psychology” (a Journal of the American Psychological Association).
• Taking 3 students to the Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting in Charlotte, NC in March, 2008. Two students will be presenting at this meeting.
Denise Jones
Scholarship
• Brown, G., Jones, D., MacKewn, A., & Plank, E. (2008). An exploration of possible pre- and postnatal predictors of autism: A pilot survey. Psychological Reports (accepted for publication).
Service
• Contracted provider for Tennessee Early Intervention Services for ABA for children diagnosed with autism January 2008.
Michelle Merwin
Scholarship
• Merwin, M. M., Dvorak, A., Gray, A., & Freeman, A. (March, 2008). Life Satisfaction and Spiritual Well-Being in Older African American Adults. Poster to be presented to the Southeastern Psychological Association, Charlotte, NC .
• Merwin, M. M., Gray, A., Dvorak, A. & Freeman, A. (March, 2008). Stress, Depression, and Anxiety in Older African American Adults Poster to be presented to the Southeastern Psychological Association, Charlotte, NC.
• Merwin, M. M. (January, 2008). “Only abnormal women want no babies”: Leta Stetter Hollingworth and Maternal Instinct.” Paper presented to the Women-Mentoring-Networking Second Annual Conference, Cookeville, TN.
• Merwin, M. M. (2007, August) Terrorism, technology, and the future: What would Rollo May say? Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA .
• Merwin, M. M., & Graves, D. C. (2007, January). Pioneering women, pioneering course, paper presented at the Women-Mentoring-Networking First Annual Conference, Cookeville, TN.
• Merwin, M. M., Morrow, K., Earnest, D., & Johnson, B. (2007, March). Aggressive driving, personality disorders, and personality tendencies, Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Brian Donavant
Scholarship
• Manuscript, The NEW Modern Practice of Adult Education: Online Instruction in a Continuing Professional Education Setting, has been accepted for publication in Adult Education Quarterly. AEQ is a scholarly refereed journal committed to research and theory in the field of adult education.
Gregory Washington
Scholarship
• Jones, G.L., Steppe, S. Washington , G., (2007). “The Role of Supervisors in Developing Clinical Decision-Making Skills in Child Protective Services (CPS)”. Evidence Base Social Work Practice Journal.
• Washington , G., Watts , R.J. and Watson, J. (In Press). “Manhood Seekers Camp: A Proposal for a Culturally-Centered Camp Intervention ”. Journal of Adolescent and Child Residential Treatment.
• Washington, G. and Barnes, B.H. (2007 ). Suicide and Young African-American Males. In Logan , M.L; Denby, R, & Gibson, P. (Eds.), Mental Health in the African-American community (pp. 179-193).Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
• Jones, J.; Washington, G. and Steppe, S. (2007). The Role of Supervisors in Developing Clinical Decision-Making Skills in Child Protective Services. In Jones, J. L. & Sundet, P.(Eds). Developing an empirically based practice initiative: A Case Study in CPS Supervision (pp.103-116). Binghamton, NY : Haworth Press.
• Washington, G. & Teague, K. (In Press). “Young African American Male Suicide Prevention and Spirituality”. Stress, Trauma and Crisis. In Bride, B. and MacMaster, S. (Eds). Stress, Trauma, and Substance Use. Routledge Press.
• National Association of Black Social Workers. “ Maximizing your Ph.D. : Inside and Outside the Academy”, April, 2008.
• University of Alabama Men 's Conference. “ Pyramid Mentoring: Multi-generational Mentoring of Youth”, April, 2008.
• Society of Social Work and Research. Presenter. “ Assessing the Mental and Physical Health of Custodial Grandparents”, January, 2008.
Service
• Consultant for Memphis African-American Social Worker Association
• New Board Member Porter Leath
• Advisor LeMoyne-Owen College Transformation Team
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