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Professional Development Grant Reports

2011-2012

Anwar Bhuiyan - Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemisrty
Glen Bishop - Univeristy Education in Natural Resources Conference
Tracy Cole - Academy of Legal Studies in Business 2011 Annual Conference
Karen Cox - The Effect of a Beginning Level Geriatric Nursing Course on Student Attitude Towards Working with Older Adults
Ernest Enchelmayer - The Case for the Caduceus as a Symbol for both Rhetoric and Medicine
Marcel Finan - A Reading of the Theory of Life Contingency Models: A Preparation for Exam MLC/3L
Marc Fusaro - Bank Statement Data Entry
Shellie Hanna - 7th International Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia of the American Institute of Higher Education
Mohamed Ibrahim - Implications of Designing Instructional Video Using Cognitive Theory of Multimedia
Mohamed Ibrahim - Association of Teacher Educators 2012 Summer Conference
Richard Ihde - Observation of the Maremoto II National COOP Exercise for the Nation of Puerto Rico
Linda Kondrick - 2011 Board of Directors Mid South Education Research Organization
Joshua Lockyer - Communal Studies Association Annual Meeting
Cathi McMahan - 2012 Annual International Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institution Education Annual Summer Conference
Charles Mebi - Participation in Gordon Research Conference on Renewable Energy Solar Fuels
Stephanie Pepper - Association of Teahcer Educators 92nd Annual Meeting in San Antonio
Stephanie Pepper - Walking the Tightrope and Living and Giving
Michael Rogers - A Natural Disaster of Civic Proportions
Cory Shaman - Heritage Killing Intimacies of Animal Death and Ethical Elisions and Movement
V. Carole Smith - Development That Supports the Pre-Service Teacher During the Internship
Darla Sparacino - American Health Information Management Association
Regina Thomason - CoFacilitator of National Commission on Community Colleges of Teacher Education
Regina Thomason - Association of Teacher Educators 2012 Summer Conference
Susan Underwood - Developing Professionals Through Effective Student Affairs Practicums
James Walton - 24th Annual Faculty Development in International Business
Jason Warnick - Research Presentations on Combative Sport Science and Animal Research
Susan West - Tech Chair for Skills USA Hospitality and Tourism Competition-Food and Beverage
Penny Willmering - Council on Rehabilitation and Disability Studies
Deborah Wilson - Revolutionary Subjects in Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men
Sid Womack - Presentation Speaker at American Institute of Higher Education
Qing Zeng - Association for Women in Psychology
Connie Zimmer - Arkansas Association of Instructional Media Conference Attendance and Participation

2010-2011

Anwar Bhuiyan - American Chemical Society Regional Meeting Presentation
Patricia Buford - Development of an Automated CRUSH Profile Measuring System
Daniel Bullock - Ordered Quantum Dot Arrays for Application in Solar Cells
Carlos Castillo - Development of a Tested for the Control and Coordination of a Multi-Robot System
Karen Cox - Faculty Learning About Geriatrics (FLAG) Program Summer Institute
Ernest Enchelmayer - The Rhetoric of Solidarity in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice Series
David Eshelman - Premiere of The Witches' Quorum, Magnetic Field, Asheville, NC
Chris Giroir - Engaging students; informing the future: Technology in grad prep
Donald Gooch - 2010-2011 Guest Lecture Series on Liberty, Freedom and Political Economy October 2010
Donald Gooch - 2010-2011 Guest Lecture Series on Liberty, Freedom and Political Economy February 2011
Carl Greco - 2011 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference
Theresa Herrick - Council on Accreditation Training Session
Shelia Jackson - Attend and Present: Preparing for the Praxis P.E.: Movement Forms-Analysis & Design at the Arkansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention
Linda Kondrick - 2010-2011 Board of Directors Mid South Education Research
Cathi McMahan - Leisure, Recreation, Sport and Tourism Educators Teaching Institute
Charles Mebi - Participation in the Spring 2011 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society
Alexander Mirkovic - Immersion Course in Russian Language and Culture in Moscow
Stephanie Pepper - Curriculum, Assessment, and Teaching: Putting It All Together
Michael Rogers - Presentation "'A Mere Deception - A Mere Ignus Fatus on the People of America': Lifting the Veil on the Electoral College during the Ratification Debates" at the ASPA Conference
V. Carole Smith - Exploring Culture and Building Community
Jason Ulsperger - Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting
Jason Warnick - Plenary Lecture and Research Presentations on Combative Sport Science
Deborah Wilson - The Abject Feminine in Ellen Douglas's A Lifetime Burning
Deborah Wilson - Willie and the Poor Boys: History and the Hicks in Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men
Tsunemi Yamashita - High Throughout Expression Cloning Studies for Proteomics
Qing Zeng - Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) Philadelphia Conference Presentation

2009-2010

Christine Austin - Damage to the Culture: What's Behind Faculty Reluctance to Respond?
Linda Bean and Kim Troboy - Information and Communication Technology Assessment Benchmark
Daniel Bullock - Attending a Damage and Energy Applications for Collision Reconstruction Course for Vehicle Safety
Pam Carr - STATA SE 11 for College of Business
Kevin Costley and Timothy Leggett - Writing Behavioral Objectives is Easy: Why Do Pre-Service Teachers Have Trouble Writing Them?
Kandis Croom - Middle Level Advisory: Exploring Culture and Building Community
Ernest Enchelmayer - Representations of Rhetoric in a Visual World
Christopher Giroir - The Homeland Generation: A New Revolution for Student Affairs Professionals
Shellie Hanna - Presentation Speaker at KDP National Convocation - FIT it in!
Theresa Herrick - Council on Accreditation Training Session
Annette Holeyfield - Attend the Importance of Quality Pre-Service Training for Future Health Education and Physical Education Teachers Workshop
Shelia Jackson - Attend the Importance of Quality Pre-Service Training for Future Health Education and Physical Education Teachers Workshop
Linda Kondrick - 2009 Annual Meeting of Mid South Education Research Organization
Cathi McMahan - National Recreation and Park Association Congress and Expo
Chris Merle - ICD-10-CM/PCS Train the Trainer Program
Philip Parker - James Pellerite Recital featuring the Native American Flute
V. Carole Smith - Middle Level Advisory: Exploring Culture and Building Community
Elisabeth Webb - Participation in the 2009 Regional Society of Wetland Scientists Meeting
Deborah Wilson - Muting Melodrama in Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas
Jeff Woods - The Other Warrior: Interviews with Andre Sauvageot
Tsunemi Yamashita - Tech Biology Faculty Attendance at the 2009 American Arachnology Society Annual Meeting at Lake Point Conference Center
Tsunemi Yamashita - Protein Expression Studies from Scorpion Sodium Toxin Genes
Qing Zeng - Presentations at the Association of Psychological Science 21st Annual Convention
Connie Zimmer - Arkansas Library Media Frameworks

2008-2009

Carey Bosold - Nurse Educator Institute: Striving for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Education
Elisabeth Brennan - Participation in the 2008 Regional Society of Wetland Scientists Meeting
Loretta Cochran - 2008 CARMA Short Courses
Kevin Costley, Byra Ramsey, Timothy Leggett - Feel the Beat: Plum, Apple, Cantaloupe, Watermelon
Kandis Croom - Action Research: Inquiry-based Solutions to Improve Education for the Whole Child
Shelly Daily, Melissa Darnell - Contemporary Forums: Reed Medical Education - Obstetric Nursing
Ernest Enchelmayer - Rhetoric in the Visual Arts
Paola Gemme - American Studies Across the Atlantic
Donald Gooch - Culture Warriors: Dimensions of Political Polarization & the Mass-Elite Linkage
Timothy Howe - Jazz Ensemble Composition Commission and Workshop/Concert with Composer Tom Davis
Shelia Jackson - Rollin Round the Rim with the Rollin Razorback: Presentation at a National Convention
Caleb Lack - Presentations at the Southeastern Psychological Association
Alexander Mirkovic - World History and Racial Harmony: Goetze Murals in the British Foreign Office
William Schumann - Conference Panel Organizer and Presenter, Joint Meetings of American Ethnological Society and Canadian Anthropology Society
V. Carole Smith - Disposition, Self-Efficacy and the Pre-Service Teacher
Julie Trivitt - RISE Global Strategic Partners Conference
Julie Trivitt - SEA Presentation: The Academic Impact of MA Charter Schools
Susan Underwood, Christopher Giroir - It Takes a Campus to Retain a Student
Jason Warnick - Presentations and Book Chapter Solicitation at a Professional Conference
Dennis Williams, Sean Huss - The Social Construction of an Epidemic: The Meth Problem in Rural Arkansas
Connie Zimmer - Presenting and Attending the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media

2007-2008

Christine Austin - Using Community Based Research to Meet Needs of Higher Education Community
Cathy Baker - Teaching Geomorphology in the 21st Century
Elisabeth Brennan - Participation in the International Meeting of Society of Wetland Scientists
Patricia Buford - Electron Transport Properties
Daniel Bullock - Attending a Traffic Accident Reconstruction Course for Vehicle Safety Design Research
Tracy Cole - Westlaw Legal Database
Hal Cooper - Arkansas Composers' Forum
Kevin Costley and Timothy Leggett - All Children are Poets: They Just Don't Know It
Karen Endel - Effects of Distributed Leadership Program
David Eshelman - Central States Communication Association Convention
Paola Gemme - The Development of American Studies in Italy
Mary Gunter - Distributed Leadership Program
Franklin Hardcastle - Installation of Zeta Potentiometer
Neal Harrington - Frogman's Print and Paper
Timothy Howe - Master Class Recital Experience
Sean Huss - Social Disorganization and Meth
John Jackson - 138th Annual Meeting of American Fisheries Society
Shelia Jackson - Attendance of American Alliance Convention
Slavica Kodish - Southern States Communication Association Annual Conference
Caleb Lack- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Cathi McMahan - Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting
Thomas Nupp - Estimating Densities from Small Mammal Survey Data
Byra Ramsey - First Job Experiences
Sarah Robison - IBM Summer School
William Schumann - American Anthropological Society Conference
William Schumann - Canadian Anthropological Society Conference
Cheryl Slaughter-Smith - Nurse Perception of Student Contributions
V. Carole Smith - Association of Teacher Education 2008 Annual Conference
Jason Ulsperger - Seventh International Conference on Social Science Methodology
Jason Ulsperger - Using Literary Ethnography to Explore the Maltreatment of Vulnerable Populations: An Examination of Verbal Neglect and Abuse in Nursing Homes
Donna Vocate- Rational Communication
James Walton - International Conference on Business and Management Education
Donna White - Science Fiction Criticism Masterclass
Deborah Wilson - American Literature Association Conference Paper Presentation
Deborah Wilson - SSSL Conference Paper Presentation
Tsunemi Yamashita - 2008 American Arachnology Society Meeting

2006-2007

David Bell- ATE Summer Workshop
Glen Bishop- National Recreation and Park Association Congress
Elisabeth Brennan- Publication of Wildlife Monograph
Elisabeth Brennan- Army Corps of Engineer Wetland Delineation Training
Daniel Bullock- International Seminar on Teaching Nanoscience with Scanning Probe Microscopy
Daniel Bullock- Making Introduction to Physical Science Relevant to Liberal Arts Majors
Ursula Chandler- Innovative Policies and Instruction
Loretta Cochran- Faculty Conference on Learning: Building Towards Success
Kevin Costley- Child Obesity: A Heavy Problem
Peter Dykema- Parish Priests in Late Medieval Germany
Ernest Enchelmayer- Rhetoric across Religions: Communication via Rods and Snakes
Ernest Enchelmayer- Women of Rhetoric
Paola Gemme- Americans on Italy, Italians on America
Andrew Geyer- Meeting the Dead
Nina Goza- The Teaching Professor Conference
Wilson J. Gonzalez-Espada- Improving the College Introductory Astronomy Survey Course for Non-Majors
Mary Gunter- Navigating a Course to Get the Right People on the Bus for Leadership Preparation
Ruth Harrison- Presentation of Poe's Israfel
Timothy Howe- Using Podcasts and Sibelius Scorch to Improve Musical Skills, Musical Rehearsals,Improvisation, and Ensemble Performance
Chang Huh- Professional Certification for Hospitality Educator (CHE)
Sean Huss, Terri Earnest, & Marti Wilkerson- Understanding Crystal Methamphetamine Use:Community Impact and Interventions for Vulnerable Populations (Phase II)
John Jackson- Management Implications of Angler Motivations and Preferences for Urban Fisheries
Shelia Jackson- Evolution of Sport: Dynamical Systems Perspective
Seok Kang- Influences of Early Adolescents
Seok Kang- Parental Involvement and Students Talent Show
Slavica Kodish- Conference Presentations
Adam Lowther- The Nature of War
Cathi McMahan- Dementia Day Camp IV
Johnette Moody- Computer Forensics Training
Jackie Paxton- Arkansas State Council for Exceptional Children Conference
Jackie Paxton- Fun Ways to Increase Children's Attention Span
Trey Philpotts- Chair of Panel at 12th Annual Dickens Symposium
Susan Poznar- And they went on their way rejoicing
Byra Ramsey- Comparing Online Graduate Results to Face-to-Face Graduate Results
Sarah Robison- IBM Academic Initiative Summer School
V. Carole Smith- Multiple Realities in Teacher Education
V. Carole Smith- The Sociopolitical Context of Licensure/Certification for Middle Level: A Case Study of One Mid-South State
Kim Troboy- Project Management Institute Seminar
Jason Ulsperger- Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology 2006 Annual Conference
Jason Ulsperger- Oral History Project for SOC 3173 (Social Gerontology)
James Robert Walton- AACSB World Class Practices in Management Education Conference
Tsunemi Yamashita- Population Genetics of the Striped Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus): Expanding Previous Studies and Identifying New Genetic Markers

2005-2006

David Bell & Byra Ramsey- Maximize Teaching & Learning Opportunities for All Children
Nancy Bishop- Matthew's Masterstroke
Ernest Enchelmayer- Recovering Rhetorica
Andrew Geyer- Lesser Mountains
Wilson J. Gonzalez-Espada- Professional Training: Using Research-Based Curricula in Physics Instruction (Chautauqua Courses)
Nina Goza- Perceptions of the Educational Requirements for Certified Public Accountants
Timothy Howe & Kelly Johnson- President's Concert
Sean Huss, Terri Earnest, & Marti Wilkerson- Understanding Crystal Methamphetamine Use:Community Impact and Interventions for Vulnerable Populations
Stephen Clark Jones- Research on Romanian Entrepreneurship
Seok Kang & Hanna Norton- Colleges and Universities' Use of the World Wide Web: A Public Relations Tool for School Excellence for the Digital Age
Seok Kang- Disembodiment in Online Social Interaction: Impact of Online Chat on Social Support and Psychosocial Well-Being
Seok Kang- From Analog to Digital: Broadcast Curricula in Colleges and Universities of Six Continents in the 21st Century
Seok Kang- Impact of Television News on Public Opinion about the Iraq War: An Assessment of Second-Level Agenda Setting and Framing
Seok Kang & Hyuhn-Suhck Bae- The Influence of Entertainment-Education Program Viewing on Cornea Donation Intention: A Test of Theory of Planned Behavior
Slavica Kodish- Conference Presentations
Philip Parker- Composer in Residence
David Mudrinich- Tallgrass Prairie Project
Jackie Paxton & Teresa Shoemake- Positive Teacher-Parent Communication and Its Importance in Student Achievement
Trey Philpotts- Dickens on Intellectual & Mechanical Property Rights
Byra Ramsey, David Bell, Kevin Costley, Timothy Leggett & Sammie Stephenson- Stress in Teaching: Myths and Methods for Reducing Stress
Sarah Robison- IBM Academic Initiative Summer School '06
V. Carole Smith- Components of the Middle Level Education Concept that are Implemented in Arkansas Middle Level Schools
Micheal Tarver- Understanding Contemporary Latin America
Connie Zimmer- Arkansas Association of Instructional Media Conference

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