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In This Issue
Dean's Note
Meet Our New CSSME Faculty
Math Major Serves as Florida Delegate at MathFest
Professor and Students Stage Exhibit at the Henry B. Plant Museum
UT Professors Awarded Major Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Educational Leaders Support New Teachers
Alumni Spotlight
Faculty & Student News
Upcoming Events
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Dean's Note
Dear Friends of CSSME:
One of the more unique characteristics of life at a college or university is the cyclical nature and sequence of events that occurs from academic year to academic year. Similar to the season of spring, there is a palpable feeling of rebirth and renewal each fall as thousands of excited, but often tentative freshmen descend upon the campus, complemented by many more thousands of returning students. It’s actually hard not to feel a sense of renewal and hope each fall as you watch the campus awake and come alive, following its summer respite. And the feeling is not limited to our students, as each fall also brings new faculty and staff members, new academic programs; and this year … even a new building on campus! So as we all begin to settle into our new classes and our new routines, allow me to welcome you to the 2018-2019 academic year.
As you will read in our first newsletter of the academic year, things have been quite busy over the summer. Below you will meet some of our new faculty who are already making a significant impact on campus. As you will learn, our college embraces the teacher-scholar model, and our faculty are continually engaged in outstanding work. But at the core of our activities you will come to understand that our success as a college is directly tied to the success of our students. So you will also meet some of our students and alumni who I can say without hesitation, continually amaze me.
Here’s to a great start of the 2018-2019 academic year!
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Jack M. Geller, Ph.D., Dean
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Meet Our New CSSME Faculty
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Jennifer Blessing, Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A. Psychology, Wake Forest
M.A. Psychology, Wake Forest
Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, University of Florida
Jennifer earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Florida with a focus on social influences on children’s cognitive development. She went to Pittsburgh next where she taught at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Washington and Jefferson College.
She also held two post-doc research positions at the University of Pittsburgh. First she worked on a multi-site study of children and the longitudinal effects of early child care. Then she worked at the Learning Research and Development Center at Pitt where she focused more on social impacts of children’s learning.
She worked on studies ranging from how to teach science to children in out of school settings such as museums, amusement parks and baseball parks. She also did evaluative research of museum exhibits as well as evaluative research of programs by the Mr. Rogers’ Corporation.
She has been in the Tampa area since 2004 and has taught since then at UT, primarily as an adjunct and one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor. While an adjunct, she has done research studies on best practices in teaching General Psychology classes, worked as a consultant to beginning researchers, and has developed and implemented curriculum for children in out of school settings to best enhance their learning.
In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her husband and children, read fiction and comic books, listen to podcasts, and go to comic-cons. She’s been known to complete a few Disney half-marathons as well.
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Katie Cooper, Assistant Professor, Sociology
B.A., B.S. Sociology and Psychology, University of Georgia
M.A. Public Sociology, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Ph.D. Sociology, University of South Florida
Katie earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of South Florida. She enjoys asking questions about culture and her primary research specializations include the areas of culture, media, gender, race, and social movements. She is particularly interested in how different types of media texts frame social issues and how people interpret these messages. Her recent research examined the “cultural work” of women’s stand-up comedy through audience reception analysis.
Katie has experience teaching Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Media, Sociology of Popular Culture, Families in Global Perspective, and Social Science Statistics. In 2016 she was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award in the Sociology department at USF. She is excited to join a great department and get to know UT students.
In her spare time, Katie enjoys spending time with her two dogs, reading fiction, thrift shopping, and trying out new restaurants in the Tampa area.
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Alexandra Diepholz, Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.A. University of Florida, Mathematics
M.S. University of North Florida, Mathematical Sciences
Alexandra received her Master's of Science degree in Mathematical Sciences from the University of North Florida where she was selected as an Outstanding Graduate Student in Mathematics. She has previously taught Finite Mathematics. She is currently teaching College Algebra, Precalculus and Calculus for Business at UT.
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Elizabeth Fuller, Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S. Psychology, Towson University
M.A. Psychology, American University
Ph.D. Psychology, University of South Florida
Elizabeth enjoys asking questions to understand why we make the decisions we do. She is a recent graduate of the University of South Florida, where she earned her Ph.D. specializing in Cognitive Psychology. Her research interests broadly include exploration into decision making in situations involving some level of risk. She has a special interest in understanding differences in decision making when information is presented in symbolic vs. numerical form, and when outcomes are more and less rich with affect. She has also explored the moderating role one's ability to work with numerical information plays in preference construction. Elizabeth looks forward to furthering her understanding of what underlies decision behavior through continuing her research at the University of Tampa.
She has experience teaching Experimental Design and Analysis, Research Methods, and Introduction to Psychology. Though the majority of her teaching experience is in-classroom, she was also certified through USF as an online instructor.
When she is not conducting research, Elizabeth likes traveling, enjoying a day at the beach, going to sporting events, and spending time with her Maltipom Eva. She considers herself a bit of a "foodie" and loves exploring different cuisine.
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Timothy C. Hart, Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
B.A. Criminal Justice, University of Florida
M.A. Criminal Justice, University of Memphis
Ph.D. Criminology, University of South Florida
Tim’s transition to academia has come after an extensive and productive career in the public sector. His prior work experience includes serving as a statistician for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a program analyst for the Drug Enforcement Administration, and a research analyst for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Tim is also the former Director of the state of Nevada’s Statistical Analysis Center (SAC). While serving as the Nevada SAC Director, Tim was also a faculty member in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Prior to joining the UT faculty, Tim served as a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, in Gold Coast, Australia, where he served as the Undergraduate Program Director for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. While at Griffith, Tim taught courses in statistics, crime mapping, and crime analysis. He also supervised five Honors students’ thesis projects and two PhD students’ dissertations.
His current research activities focus on internationalizing his research profile, developing innovative quantitative analytic methods, and making scholarly advances in victimization and fear of crime research.
In his spare time, Tim enjoys running, fishing, boating, and spending time with his family. He is also an ardent fan of the University of Florida’s football team. Go Gators!
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Mariya Ivanova, Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics
M.S. University of Colorado in Denver, Colorado (Applied Mathematics)
Ph.D. Shoumen University, Bulgaria (Geometry and Topology)
Mariya comes to UT with 17 years of teaching experience in higher education. The most recent positions she held were as a Full Time faculty at Everglades University in Sarasota, Adjunct Instructor at New College of Florida, and Online Instructor for Southern New Hampshire University and Metropolitan State University of Denver.
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Roshni Ladny, Assistant Professor, Criminology
B.S. Chemistry, Tougaloo College
M.S. Clinical Psychology, Mississippi State University
M.S. Criminology, Florida State University
Roshni’s primary teaching and research interests center around, family violence, crimes against humanity, juvenile delinquency and offender rehabilitation. Her research has been published in Deviant Behavior, Aggressive Behavior, and Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Prior to earning her Ph.D from Florida State University, Roshni served as a mental health therapist for survivors and perpetrators of family violence, for youth involved in the juvenile justice system and for individuals court ordered to treatment for severe substance abuse. She is currently involved in an international research initiative to create empathy programs and policy change in Eastern Europe to address the problems of family violence and animal cruelty. As a long-time volunteer outreach coordinator with Gadsden County Humane Society, Roshni helped with animal rescue, provided humane education to owners of neglected animals, and built fences and houses for tethered dogs. Most recently, she collaborated with the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office to address animal welfare issues such as dog fighting and other cases of animal cruelty, and work on developing a rescue program at the rural county pound, which is nearly 100% euthanasia.
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Morgan McAnally, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.A., Psychology, University of Tampa
B.A., Mathematics, University of South Florida
M.A., Mathematics, University of South Florida
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of South Florida
Morgan earned her Ph.D. in Pure and Applied Mathematics with a focus on infinite-dimensional integrable systems from the University of South Florida. In the past two years, she has published two papers in the Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society and Applied Mathematics and Computation, respectively. She has taught a wide range of courses at the University of South Florida, University of Tampa, and Hillsborough Community College. The courses include College Algebra, Engineering Calculus III, Calculus I, Developmental Mathematics, Pre-Algebra, Beginning Algebra, Pre-Calculus, and Intermediate Algebra. She received the Tharp Scholarship award from the University of South Florida each year from 2014-2017.
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Sarah Orban, Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.Ph. Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
M.S. Clinical Psychology, University of Central Florida
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, University of Central Florida
Sarah earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from University of Central Florida with a focus in child clinical psychology. She completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology where she gained experience working with children and families in behavioral sleep medicine, ADHD, trauma and neglect, and epilepsy clinics. She recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in the Center for ADHD.
She has experience teaching Child Psychopathology, Child Development, and Psychology of Language at the University of Central Florida.
Her research interests include understanding executive function deficits in children with ADHD to inform assessment and intervention strategies for those afflicted by ADHD and to identify executive function deficits as underlying mechanisms of commonly reported symptoms of attention and hyperactivity in ADHD. While on her post-doctoral fellowship, she gained interest in studying ADHD as a modifier of the severity of symptoms reported after a concussion.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, traveling, and hanging out with her pup, Luna.
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Wendy Perry, Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S. Mathematics Education, Towson University
M.A. Mathematics Junior College Education, University of South Florida
Wendy's background includes teaching high school, junior high and college mathematics in online and classroom setting. She has taught for several years as an adjunct instructor at UT, the University of South Florida and Hillsborough Community College. She also served as Chair of the Mathematics Department for Hernando County Schools. In addition to teaching, she also tutors students in algebra, geometry, precalculus, calculus, and statistics. Over the years, she has developed many unique techniques to explain mathematical concepts.
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Heather Scherschel, Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A. Communication, Loyola University
B.A. Psychology, Indiana University
Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Minnesota
Heather earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Minnesota with a focus in both social psychology and health psychology. While finishing her Ph.D., she had the opportunity to teach a variety of psychology courses, such as General Psychology and Health Psychology, at multiple institutions in the greater Twin Cities area.
Her research has focused on applying social psychological theories to the study of situational and emotional factors that affects individuals’ self-regulation of their dietary and exercise behaviors. For example, she has investigated the impact food labels have on individuals’ snack choices. Additionally, she has researched the ability of comfort food to "comfort" us, including investigating the circumstances under which comfort foods would and would not alleviate negative emotions.
For the past two years, Heather has been a visiting assistant professor at Washington and Lee University. While there, she continued her research on comfort food, and she worked with students to investigate the role of social norms on food choices. She also developed a four-week special term course on the Psychology of Self-Control. Additionally, this past summer she was able to combine her love of travel with her love of teaching psychology by teaching a summer course at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy.
In her spare time, she enjoys finding new blues music venues, taking her two dogs out for adventures, and playing volleyball. While at Washington and Lee, she was a volunteer assistant with their women’s volleyball team.
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Alex Toth, Visiting Assistant Professor, Criminology
B.S., Toccoa Falls College
M.S. Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati
Alex Toth is currently a Ph.D. Presidential Fellow in the Criminology Department at the University of South Florida and anticipates graduating this school year. He has over 30 years of law enforcement experience at the military, local, and federal levels. He retired from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2015 as the Senior Assistant Regional Director in charge of operations in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile after 25 years of service.
His research interests are terrorism, transnational crime, and corrections. His research studies have been published in the International Journal of Drug Policy and Deviant Behavior. Alex has also been a guest lecturer at the University of South Florida, the University of Central Florida, the U.S. Army War College, and the Sao Paulo Brazil Prosecutors College.
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Ryan M. Welch, Assistant Professor, Political Science
B.A., Political Science, University of Florida
B.S., Entomology, University of Florida
M.S., Entomology, University of Florida
M.S., Political Science, Florida State University
Ph.D., Political Science, Florida State University
Ryan earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Florida State University with concentrations in International Relations and Comparative Politics. He also completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. While in Arizona, he served as a committee member on the Maricopa County Human Rights Committee.
He has taught courses in comparative politics, international law, and research methods.
Ryan’s research centers broadly on human rights. Specifically, he uses quantitative methods to explore the intersection between the international and domestic politics of how and why states create rights-protecting institutions; and whether those institutions are effective at reducing state repression.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing video games, various fitness activities, and reading.
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Math Major Serves as Florida Delegate at MathFest
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Junior mathematics major
Jenna Moscaritolo served as Delegate for the Florida Iota Chapter of
Pi Mu Epsilon at the MAA MathFest in Denver, CO on August 1 - 4. In this role, Moscaritolo learned about the new discoveries, projects, and mathematical computer programs while representing The University of Tampa and the Pi Mu Epsilon Florida Iota Chapter. Jenna asked questions to the student and faculty researchers to better understand their reasoning behind their work and commented on how she would approach the subject. There were also fun events like learning the mathematical magic behind card tricks and puzzles as well as Math Jeopardy. Jenna felt lucky to be chosen on one of the four teams to participate in the game show and meet new students.
At MathFest, there were graduate school and career panels to learn more about what is possible in the future. The panelists had great tips on how to efficiently succeed in whichever path the student plans their career. There were numerous companies at tables such as the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency that were promoting their internship and career opportunities. Needless to say, networking opportunities were front and center.
A particularly helpful session for Jenna at Mathfest was a workshop titled “Women in Mathematics”
which consisted of three panels dedicated to graduate school, careers, and life in mathematics. Jenna enjoyed listening to these powerful women who shared all the career opportunities mathematics to offer.
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Professor and Students Stage Exhibit at the
Henry B. Plant Museum
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 marked the opening of the Henry B. Plant Museum’s special exhibit
Red Cross Nursing and the War of 1898: The Tampa Connection. Based on the research of
Dr. Charles McGraw Groh, associate professor of history, the exhibit was curated by the students in Prof. Groh’s class, HIS 320 Museums, Historic Sites, and Archives. Plant Museum Curators
Susan Carter and
Heather Trubee Brown offered guidance to the students at each stage of the project’s development. Executive Director
Cynthia Gandee Zinober hosted the opening day reception, which gave the students an opportunity to talk with Museum visitors and to answer questions about the panels, objects, and recordings on display. The exhibit was originally scheduled to close on May 31, but positive reviews from local media and the public led its run to be extended until August 1.
Red Cross Nursing and the War of 1898 tells the story of the women who traveled from New York to Tampa and then to Cuba to become the first nurses of the American Red Cross to serve in wartime. The exhibit was developed as a companion to the Henry B. Plant Museum’s permanent exhibit on the Spanish-American War. The Tampa Bay Hotel, now known as Plant Hall, received National Historic Landmark status for the hotel’s role in the 1898 military conflict, when it was used to house Col. Theodore Roosevelt, other military officers, and Red Cross nurses.
On Tuesday, July 17, Red Cross Nursing and the War of 1898 was featured as one of the special events that made up the City of Tampa’s Archives Awareness Week, an annual event that brings together local museum and archives professionals to highlight the role of archival collections in preserving the past. History major
Selena Martinez (’19) gave a guided tour at this event. The panel portion of the exhibit will now be made available to other institutions on loan.
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Dr. Groh and students in HIS 320 in front of the Henry B. Plant Museum.
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Selena Martinez with Red Cross exhibit inside the Henry B. Plant Museum.
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UT Professors Awarded Major Grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities
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Drs.
James López, professor of Spanish, and
Denis Rey, associate professor of political science and international atudies, have been awarded a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities to establish a 2019 Summer Institute to study the role played by the immigrant cigar workers of Tampa and Key West in the struggle for Cuban Independence. The 4-week Institute, “José Martí and the Immigrant Communities of Florida in Cuban Independence and the Dawn of the American Century,” will bring renowned scholars from throughout the U.S. to our campus to impart their knowledge as they join the two professors as guest lecturers. Other participants in the Summer Institute will include full-time university and community college professors, as well as adjunct instructors in a wide variety of disciplines, who will receive instruction in the areas of history, international relations, Latin American studies, cultural studies, literature and language as they work to develop their own teaching modules and research projects.
This grant was one of ten NEH Summer Institute Grants awarded nationally this year.
Dr. López and Dr. Rey also serve as co-directors of the Center for Martí Studies Affiliate at the University of Tampa. They have collaborated on a number of Cuba-related projects, including Martí in Tampa: First International UT-USF Conference on José Martí in 2016.
“This award is a great honor and also the result of a lot of hard work,” said Dr. Rey. It serves as validation of the relevance of our work promoting the narrative of Martí as one of the most influential actors of his time.”
“The grant will establish the University of Tampa as an important center for the study of José Martí, Tampa history and the pivotal role played by our immigrant founders in the history of both the U.S. and Cuba,” said Dr. López. “After the success of the Martí in Tampa conference in 2016, Drs. Rey and Lopez decided to shoot for something more permanent; something that has the potential to create a lasting effect not only on the study of this important history, but also on how it is taught in classrooms throughout the U.S.”
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Educational Leaders Support New Teachers
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During the summer, the Educational Leadership (EDL) student advisory committee launched Adopt a Classroom to support first year teachers with teaching and classroom materials.
The committee conducted a school supply collection drive and secured a monetary donation of $1,000. As a result, they were able to successfully adopt three teachers (one elementary, middle, and high) and surprised each teacher with gifts during faculty meetings.
The committee has committed to adopting the teachers for the entire school year and will be rolling out a few additional initiatives to support them.
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Graduate Coordinator of the Educational Leadership Program Adrianne Wilson, Ph.D. presents a first-year teacher with supplies.
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Josie Bready, B.A., History, 2017
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What attracted you to UT?
I had been attracted to the University of Tampa since I was young.
What experiences or people at UT influenced you the most?
I remember driving past it and loving Plant Hall and the history behind the building. As a history major, it was awesome being able to attend class in such a historic building. The scholarships the school offered me also helped me greatly! Without them, I doubt I could have afforded to attend a private university. All of my professors influenced me greatly. I was fortunate to have amazing professors in many of my classes who helped me find opportunities, such as the internship I completed at the Tampa Bay History Center. That was an amazing experience, and allowed me to see what working behind the scenes in a museum is like.
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What advice would you give to an incoming student at UT?
To incoming students at UT, I would say don't be afraid to talk to professors! They know about opportunities and have connections! My professors were also super helpful when I was applying to graduate school, something that would have been overwhelming without their help. Most professors enjoy helping students, you just have to ask.
Describe your current position.
Currently, I am still attending the University of Rochester. I am working toward my Ph.D.
What are your goals for the future?
I hope to be a professor myself someday!
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Josie Bready (left) and Nola Berish (right) at the opening of the temporary exhibit "Mr. Skinner at Your Service: The Labor of Fine Dining at the Tampa Bay Hotel," Henry B. Plant Museum, May 3, 2017.
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Nola Berish, B.A., History, 2017
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What attracted you to UT?
The city of Tampa was the first draw, but then I took a tour of campus and fell in love with the school's history and the history of Plant Hall, formerly the Tampa Bay Hotel. I knew this school, because of it's historic nature, would be able to provide good opportunities for a history major. Also, the small class sizes were a big draw, because I learn better in a discussion-based classroom, rather than a large lecture hall.
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What experiences or people at UT influenced you the most?
Of my professors, Dr. Groh and Dr. Parssinen were very influential. Dr. Parssinen guided me in my historical studies and readied me for graduate school, while Dr. Groh helped me build my resume through various internships and extra-curricular projects. One of these internships was at the Henry B. Plant Museum, where I learned valuable skills in curating and researching an exhibit, and basic cataloging and artifact handling. Another valuable experience was when I attended an Honors Council Conference and presented a research paper. I was able to listen to other presentations, gain more experience in public speaking, and make connections with people at other colleges with similar interests. I even connected with a professor at another college who admired my work and suggested I contact him during my graduate studies for further advice and networking.
What advice would you give to an incoming student at UT?
I would recommend incoming students take advantage of all the opportunities and services UT makes available to student through Career Services, volunteer groups, and other on-campus organizations. The best advice I could give though, for lasting success and continued connection with the school, is to really get to know your professors and seek out their council as often as possible. Even now, I still send my former adviser updates on my career and graduate studies, sometimes asking for edits or advice. Also, one of my professors still thinks of me for any projects that might come up in his network of local historians.
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Describe your current position.
I am now the Assistant Curator of Exhibitions and Technology at the
Tampa Bay History Center. In a typical day, I clean the permanent exhibit galleries, fix any small issues, keep tabs on recurring issues, and work with the Registrar to swap out and maintain the artifacts in the galleries. I also maintain the museum's social media profiles, coordinate temporary exhibits in three temporary galleries, and, when the time comes, I also physically install these exhibits. I will research possible new temporary exhibits to host or curate, possible additions and changes to our permanent galleries, and also maintaining the technical components to our galleries and overseeing projects related to those elements. As with many museum jobs, I wear a lot of different hats, and will often deal with more than this on a daily basis. Every day is always different, and that's one of the many reasons why I love my job.
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What are your goals for the future?
For the future, I will get my Master's degree and continue working at the History Center. Professionally, I hope to be able to attend more museum conferences, focus more on exhibit design and curation, including research and writing, and expand my connections in the local history network in Tampa.
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Alumna Receives a Warm Welcome Home to UT
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This semester marks an exciting time stamp for Coordinator of Secondary Clinical Education
Megan Civil and a few of her cherished colleagues. Twenty years ago, she was a student in Professors
Ed Cloutier and
Hunter O'Hara's education courses. She felt lucky to catch O' Hara during his inaugural semester here at UT. Cloutier preceded her by many semesters. Twenty years later, she feels honored to teach alongside these two educators who greatly impacted her.
While Cloutier and O'Hara were passionately working at UT to foster the most prepared and well-rounded educators, Civil was gathering well over a decade of life and teaching experiences in education. Now, she has come full circle and collaborates as colleagues with her former professors. Civil gives special thanks to Cloutier and O'Hara for their warm welcome upon her return home to UT. After twenty years, Civil still feels excitement at the day's first glimpse of the UT minarets.
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Megan Civil with Drs. Cloutier and O'Hara
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"Our department has stayed the course through turbulent times in public education. We hold to our core values; what we know to be best practices in preparing new educators to confidently and skillfully enter the field - life - of education. It is a privilege to work alongside the very best" said Civil.
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History, Sociology, Geography & Legal Studies
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On July 4, senior government and world affairs and sociology major
Nathalia Carneiro presented "The Process and Result of (Hyper)Categorization on Collective Action: The Case of LGBTQIA+" at the 2018
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Annual Meeting in Lancaster, England. The paper was based on a year-long research project grant awarded by UT's Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry. Assistant Professor of Sociology
Maggie Cobb mentored Nathalia during her research and fielded questions and answers after the presentation.
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Assistant Professor of Sociology
Brittany Harder co-authored "
Beyond unequal access: Acculturation, race, and resistance to pharmaceuticalization in the United States" that was published in
SSM - Population Health. Drawing on focus groups with patients who had been recently prescribed a prescription drug, this paper investigates how marginalization in the mainstream US society, as measured by acculturation and race, contributes to differences in patients’ subjective experiences and responses to prescription drugs. Drawing on the literatures on the pharmaceuticalization of society and the social nature of medicine, the authors also examine the role marginalization plays in patients’ views of prescription drugs.
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Have you considered majoring in history?
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On May 31, Associate Professor of History
Spencer Segalla presented “The Education of Belgacem Aït-Ouyahia, Kabyle Doctor and
fils d’instituteur ‘d’origine indigène’” at the French Colonial Historical Society's 44th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
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Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Mathematics
Leslie Jones presented "The Capstone Experience: An Individualized Approach" at the MAA MathFest. In her presentation, she shared the four most interesting senior seminar projects that she has supervised over the past five years as part of the senior capstone experience
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Nine students were inducted into the Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society on April 26, 2018. Pictured from left to right are
Robert Johnson,
Joseph Maus,
Jenna Moscaritolo,
Kelsey Ritchey,
Madeline Davidoff,
Emily Maness, and
Kevin Wagenheim. Inductees not pictured are
Julianne Dingee and
Kassandra Ramsdell. For the 2018 - 2019 academic year, Madeline Davidoff will serve as the chapter president.
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Criminology & Criminal Justice
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On Thursday, October 18, at 4:30 pm, New York civil rights and criminal defense attorney Paul V. Prestia, Esq. will speak to students in the Music Room of Plant Hall. Prestia is known as "a voice for the voiceless" for those who have experienced unfair treatment by the criminal justice system and an advocate for criminal justice reform. Mr. Prestia has discussed civil rights abuses with students at UCLA, Miami, Howard, Syracuse, and American law schools. In 2016 and 2017, he was selected to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list by Thompson Reuters Magazine for his efforts in Criminal Defense and Civil Rights litigation.
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Last year in partnership with Watermark, the largest provider of educational intelligence solutions for higher education worldwide, the
Educator Disposition Assessment (EDA) Team, consisting of Drs.
Gina Almerico,
Pattie Johnston, and
Adrianne Wilson, introduced a valid and reliable research-based instrument to measure candidate dispositional behavior aligned to CAEP and InTASC Standards to outstanding reviews. Over 60 institutions across the globe (and growing) have adopted their tool and are asking the EDA Team to provide solutions beyond this initial instrument. The team is expanding and is in development of two new disposition assessment instruments: EDA: Educational Leadership and EDA: Dispositions of the Online Learner (DOL) with Dr.
Suzanne Ensmann.
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This past July,
Romero-Hall presented "Lurking behaviors for learning: What do we know?" at the Hong Kong Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) conference. This conference paper was based on work conducted in collaboration with current Instructional Design and Technology graduate student
Siddhi Londhe and undergraduate student
Megan Osgood.
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Over the summer, Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) students and faculty participated in a field trip to
TRU Simulation + Training, Inc., an American manufacturer of flight simulators and training solutions for civil and military markets, to learn about the use of high-fidelity simulations and simulators. TRU Simulation + Training staff discussed their training practices and support to customers and provided the participants with a glimpse into even more opportunities for the growing field of instructional design and technology.
Special thanks to the training center General Manager David Smith, and our own IDT graduate student,
Bret Savitski, for the valuable tour of the facility.
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Left to Right: Enilda Romero-Hall, Ph.D., Rachel Brotherton, Bret Savitski, Craig Cuatt, Fernanda Amaral De Andrade,Tamara Owens, Suzanne Ensmann, Ph.D. and Joe Wynn.
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Political Science and International Studies
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Associate Professor
Mary Anderson's article "
Beyond the media's explanation: Examining the determinants of attitudes toward torture" that she co-authored with David L. Richards of the University of Connecticut was selected for inclusion in the Editor’s Choice article collection of the
Journal of Human Rights. This collection of articles was compiled in conjunction with the American Political Science Association's (APSA) conference, the largest political science conference in the world. This year's conference will be held in Boston from August 30 through September 2.
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Assistant Professor of Psychology
Renee Patrick was the lead author of the paper “What accounts for prosocial behavior? Roles of moral identity, moral judgment, and self-efficacy beliefs” that was accepted for publication in
The Journal of Genetic Psychology: Research and Theory on Human Development.
She also co-authored “‘May I be of assistance?’ Links from parental monitoring and assistance to adjustment via self-efficacy and overcontrol” and “Experienced and perceived frequency of helicopter parenting: Associations and variations due to domain and form,” which were presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence in Minneapolis, MN in April, 2018.
Patrick was interviewed about her research in parenting and moral development for a piece entitled “
When Guilt Is Good” that appeared in
The Atlantic magazine (April issue, 2018).
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Associate Professor of Psychology
Deletha Hardin and Stanley Gaines' book chapter “Ethnicity, Culture, and Close Relationships” was published in
The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships, 2nd edition.
In July, Hardin presented "Impact of Commitment, Extraversion, and Agreeableness on Components of Relational Trust" at the International Association of Relationship Research conference in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Assistant Professor of Psychology
Sara Festini's book chapter "Theoretical perspectives on age differences in brain activation: HAROLD, PASA, CRUNCH—How do they STAC up?" that was co-authored with S. B., Zahodne, L., and Reuter-Lorenz, P. A. has been accepted for publication in Oxford University Press's
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology.
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Associate Professor of Psychology
Scott Husband was interviewed for an episode of
The Consciousness Podcast to share his expertise on comparative brain anatomy, cognition, and consciousness. The resulting podcast touched on brain anatomy, how experiments in animal cognition and neuroscience are done, and what we can learn about what consciousness is, and whether other animals have a some type of consciousness.
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Mark your calendars for the following upcoming events at UT:
- September 9: Sociology Club Meeting, Plant Hall, Grand Salon, 2 - 7 pm.
- October 18: Paul V. Prestia, Esq. Plant Hall, Music Room, 4:30 pm.
- October 24: Political Science and International Studies Department Open House, MKE 105, 7 pm.
- November 10 - 11: Moot Court Southeastern Regional Tournament
- December 5: Psychology Poster Session, Brevard Community Room, 4 pm.
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