The Roundtable
Volume 42/Number 2
December 2008
ESU professor wins service award
An organization that promotes the health and fitness of Kansas children is recognizing an Emporia State University professor. Dr. Joella Mehrhof received the 2008 Vicki J. Worrell Service Award from the Kansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD) during the organization’s annual meeting Oct. 30.
Mehrhof is a professor in ESU’s Department of Health and Human Performance. Her record of service to KAHPERD extends over 25 years, during which time she has served as the association’s president, has been active on many committees, has edited the association’s newsletter, and has been the manager of its annual convention.
In her role as convention manager, Mehrhof has secured over $15,000 in sponsorship funding to support KAHPERD conventions.
As one of the oldest professional associations in Kansas, KAHPERD’s goal is to advance research and education within the fields of health, physical education, recreation and dance.
AWARDS
Dr. Terry Barham, professor, Department of Music, is the editor of a new online magazine sponsored by the American Choral Directors Association. ChorTeach will address the needs of choral music educators in the areas of rehearsal techniques, choral literature, boys' and girls' changing voices, programming, special needs singers, motivating singers, and more.
Dr. Abdelilah Sehlaoui, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, received the Kansas Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Award for Significant Contribution by University Faculty to English Language Learners on March 27, 2008.
PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Marshall Sundberg, professor, Biological Sciences, was invited to Loyola University, New Orleans, La., on October 9 to present a biology department seminar entitled “What morphology tells us about the evolution of maize, Zea mays L.” In addition to students and faculty from the department, botanists and anthropologists from Tulane University participated in a lively discussion following the presentation. Earlier in the day he met with a group of faculty members from the biology, chemistry and psychology departments to discuss science pedagogy and assessment as they move to design a new common curriculum (general education) for the university.
Bhanu Balasubramnian, assistant professor, Business Administration and Education, presented a paper titled "Market Monitoring of Banks: Do Short Sellers Monitor Banks?" in the Annual Financial Management Association Conference at Dallas, Texas on October 10, 2008.
Annie Kim, assistant professor, School of Library and Information Management, presented a paper entitled “Perceived difficulty as a determinant of Web search success” at Information Seeking in Context 2008, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 17-20, 2008. She also presented “Web searchers are confident, satisfied, and trusting: Is that true?” at Internet Research Conference 9.0, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 16-18, 2008.
Dr. Abdelilah Sehlaoui, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, presented “Preserving Heritage Languages: Resources, Strategies, and Challenges,” at the Kansas Migrant Association on June 4, 2008. Dr. Sehlaoui presented “Preserving Heritage Languages: Beyond the NSLI” at the Liberal Arts and Sciences Lecture Series, Emporia State University, Nov. 6, 2008. At the Kansas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Annual Conference, held on March 26 & 27,, 2008, Dr. Sehlaoui presented “Building an online community in the classroom and beyond,” “How to adapt core curriculum assessments for ELL students,” and “Intercultural communication for teachers: A critical and interdisciplinary approach.”
JoLanna Kord, director, Recreation Services, presented at the Kansas Student Affairs Conference in Hays, hosted by Ft. Hays State University on October 16, 2008. The title of the presentation was "The Relationship between Online Social Networking and Academic and Social Integration.”
Dr. Phillip Coleman-Hull, director for Study Abroad, International Education, co-presented “Crossroads Under Construction: A Collaborative Approach Toward Designing an International Student Orientation Program,” and “Planning and Implementing Short Term Study Abroad Programs,” at NAFSA Region II Conference, in Park City, Utah on October 22, 2008. He also co-presented with a colleague from KU about designing and implementing an orientation program for international students. Alongside three others, Coleman-Hull developed and led a pre-conference workshop on the process of designing, implementing and managing short-term study abroad programs.
Dr. Kevin Rabas, assistant professor and Dr. Kevin Kienholz, associate professor, Department of English, presented papers on "The Many Hats of the English Teacher" at the Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE) in Wichita on Oct. 31, 2008.
Dr. Mark Stanbrough, associate professor, Heath, Physical Education and Recreation, presented “The Effects of a Season-long, Daily Mental Training Program on High School Track and Field Athletes" at the Association for Applied Sports Psychology Annual Meeting in Saint Louis, Mo. in September, 2008. Dr. Stanbrough also presented “Sports Psychology for Coaches” at the Kansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance annual convention held in Emporia in October, 2008.
Dr. Marcia Schulmeister, assistant professor, Department of Physical Sciences presented "Field-based learning ‘In the center of it all’: Applied hydrogeology at ESU’s on-campus, hydrogeology teaching and research station" at the Geological Society of America national meeting in Houston, Texas on October 9. The presentation was part of a symposium entitled "Outdoor Classrooms for Water Resources Education.” While attending, Schulmeister was also nominated for, and accepted, the position of Vice Chair of the GSA's South-central section for 2009-2010.
Dr. Darla Mallein, associate professor, Social Sciences, recently presented a session titled, "Rules of Engagement: How to Conduct Successful Classroom Discussions" at the National Council for the Social Studies national conference held in Houston, Texas November 14-16. On October 27, Dr. Mallein gave a similar presentation to social studies teachers at the Kansas Council for the Social Studies annual state conference held at the Kansas State Historical Museum in Topeka.
Dr. Marshall Sundberg, professor, Biological Sciences, was invited to be the keynote speaker at the University of Central Missouri Phi Kappa Phi initiation ceremony held in Warrensburg, Mo. on November 17. The title of his talk was “Darwin and the Year of Science, 2009.”
Dr. Gary Holcomb, associate professor, department of English, presented “Queer Black Marxism: A New Critical Reading for Interwar Period African American Studies,” at the American Studies Association annual meeting: “Back Down to the Crossroads: Integrative American Studies in Theory and Practice” in Albuquerque, Oct. 2008
Linda Landis, director of the Science and Mathematics Education Center, was the lead presenter for a session titled “I Want to Read More Science” at the SMARTT Conference 2008, November 5-8, 2008 at Overland Park. Mrs. Landis also co-presented two other sessions, “Carding Your Way through Chemistry,” and “Technology to Do,” at the conference. “Learning the Language of Science” was presented at the Kansas Association for Middle Level Education (KAMLE) by Landis. She also co-presented another session, “Eye on Chemical Formulas” at that conference. The KAMLE meeting was held at Washburn Rural Middle School, Topeka, on November 14, 2008.
Dr. Arthur Landis, associate professor, Department of Physical Science, was the lead presenter of a session entitled “Carding Your Way through Chemistry” at the SMARTT Conference 2008, November 5-8, 2008 at Overland Park. Dr. Landis was a co-presenter for two other sessions, “I Want to Read More Science” and “Technology to Do” at the conference.
Dr. Marcus Childress, chair and associate professor, Department of Instructional Design and Technology, along with the assistance of Turki Saad AL-Zahrani, graduate student, made presentations about Replicating Real World Instructional Design in an Online Graduate Course and Teen Second Life in Libraries and Schools at the 2008 International Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology in Orlando, Fla. on Nov 4-8.
Dr. Heidi Hamilton, assistant professor, Department of Communication and Theatre, presented “Becoming commander in chief: How do race and gender influence perceptions of fitness for the job?”, “Can women compete in combat? Media portrayal of arguments on both sides of the debate,” “Engaging in unconventional behavior: Dealing with language diversity in the basic course,” and “Communication studies scholars’ contributions to women’s and/or gender studies programs.” at the National Communication Association Convention in San Diego, Calif.
Dr. Malonne Davies, assistant professor, Departments of Physical Science, presented “Technology To Do” at SMARTT Conference 2008. The conference was held November 5-8, 2008 at Overland Park. Dr. Davies also participated in the presentation of two other sessions at the conference. At the Kansas Association for Middle Level Education (KAMLE) on November 14, 2008, Dr. Davies presented “Eye-On Chemistry.”
Dr. Gaelynn P. Wolf, assistant professor and director of Art Therapy, department of Psychology and Special Education, attended the annual national conference of the American Art Therapy Association. Soo Kyoung Lee, graduate student, presented on developing a website to highlight cross disciplinary interest in neuroscience and art therapy; the website will present current research and trends, and will serve as an international resource. Wolf and Tegan Fanders, graduate student, presented on the Family Book Making project they facilitated at the Emporia Public Library earlier this year. The program was made possible by a grant from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Lauren Morley, graduate student, presented on her application of phototherapy and life review interventions with residents of a local assisted living facility; she also presented the results of preliminary research on this topic.
Shubha Chatterjee, graduate art therapy student who accompanied Dr. Wolf to the conference, was awarded a prestigious Prasad Family Foundation scholarship. At the same awards ceremony, Dr. Wolf received the Pearlie Robeson Award for Multi-cultural Research and Practice.
PUBLICATIONS
Sehlaoui, Abdelilah S. (2008a) Language Learning in the United States of America.
Language, Culture, and Curriculum Journal, Vol. 21:3, 2008.
Sehlaoui, Abdelilah S. (2008b). Language Learning, Heritage, and Literacy in the USA:
The Case of Arabic Language, Culture, and Curriculum Journal, Vol. 21:3, 2008.
Albrecht, N. and Sehlaoui, A. S. (2008). Meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically
Diverse learners. The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations, Volume 8, 2008.
Albrecht, N. and Sehlaoui, A. S. (2008). A collaborative professional development
Teaching model: Supporting academic excellence for limited English proficiency
Students. The International Journal of Learning, Volume 15, 2008.
Dr. Michael Robert Dennis, assistant professor, Department of Communication and Theatre, published “The grief account: Dimensions of a contemporary bereavement genre” in Death Studies, 2008, Volume 32, Issue 9, pp. 801 - 836.
Jeonghyun "Annie" Kim, assistant professor, School of Library and Information Management, published an article entitled "Task as a context for information seeking: an investigation of Web searching for daily life tasks," at Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, 58(3), 172-181.
Dr. Michael Robert Dennis, assistant professor, Department of Communication and Theatre, (with Adrianne Kunkel of the University of Kansas and Joann Keyton of North Carolina State University) published “Problematic integration theory, appraisal theory, and the Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Support Group” in Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2008, Volume 36, Issue 4, pp. 415 - 436.
Dow, M. J. (2008). Teaching ethical behavior in the global world of information and the new AASL Standards. School Library Media Activities Monthly, 25(4), 49-52.
Hamilton, H. (2008). “I am not an American”: The ACLU’s Scrapbook for Freedom Campaign. American Communication Journal, 10.
EMPLOYMENT SEARCH
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Last Updated July 2, 2007