Professional Development Grant Reports

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

• 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

• Franklin Hardcastle - Installation of Zeta Potentiometer

• Timothy Howe - Master Class Recital Experience

• Sean Huss - Social Disorganization and Meth

• Shelia Jackson - Attendance of American Alliance Convention

• Slavica Kodish - Southern States Communication Association Annual Conference

• Cathi McMahan - Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting

• Thomas Nupp - Estimating Densities from Small Mammal Survey Data

• Sarah Robison - IBM Summer School

• 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

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Byra Ramsey- Comparing Online Graduate Results to Face-to-Face Graduate Results
• Sarah Robison- IBM Academic Initiative Summer School
• 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)
• 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
• 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