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Student Achievements April 2016 Volume 17, Issue 7
Volume 17, Issue 7 April 2016 Student Achievements HISTORY Clayton Kozan (BS and MS 2015 History) started a PhD program in history at Texas Tech University, fall, 2015. ECONOMICS Franziska Deeg had her presentation, "War Economies – An Examination of World’s Countries and Their Military Expenditure," selected for presentation at NCUR, Asheville, NC, April 7-9, 2016. Kaitlyn Newman (Alumna) published her article, "The Missus Organization: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Contributions to the National Youth Administration," in the Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History, vol. 5, no. 2, November 2015. Franziska Deeg received a $1,000 stipend and $100 in supplies from the URC for her project, "War Economies – An Examination of World’s Countries and Their Military Expenditure," February, 2016. PSYCHOLOGY Michael Leytem (Alumnus) and Emily Stark, had their article, “The Role of Social Influence on how Residence Hall Inhabitants Respond to Fire Alarms,” accepted for publication in The Journal of College and University Student Housing, March 2016. Caleb Goettl had his presentation, "An Analysis of the Influence of Mortgage Rates on Housing Prices," selected for presentation at NCUR, Asheville, NC, April 7-9, 2016. Zegbi Gogui had his presentation, "Human Attributes, Wage, Education," selected for presentation at NCUR, Asheville, NC, April 7-9, 2016. Samuel Spencer presented his poster, “Personality Differences in Deception Detection,” at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Psi Chi poster session, May 2016. Jeremiah Miller had his presentation, "Developing a Revenue Model for Expansion and Relocation in the National Hockey League," selected for presentation at NCUR, Asheville, NC, April 7-9, 2016. Samuel Spencer received a Supply Grant from the Undergraduate Research Center to help support his project titled, “Personality Differences in Deception Detection,” He will present his project at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in the spring. Darren Page had his presentation, "Production of Higher Education: Analysis of Undergraduate Inputs," selected for presentation at NCUR, Asheville, NC, April 7-9, 2016. Karl Stenerson had his presentation, “Airfare in Domestic Non-Stop Hub-To-Hub Markets: A Time Series Analysis," selected for presentation at NCUR, Asheville, NC, April 79, 2016. URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES Tanya Ange (Alumna) has been featured in the Mankato Free Press for her work as Deputy city manager of Mankato, March 2016. Faculty and Department Highlights ANTHROPOLOGY Ron Schirmer has been invited to give the keynote address, "Well, we dug it up... now what?" for the annual meeting of the Minnesota Archaeological Society, April 2016. Ron Schirmer along with graduate students Cory Nowak and Ty Warmka, were featured in an article by the Sibley County Historical Society, which detailed their work to build a data base of artifacts and sites of finds, March 2016. Ron Schirmer was on the selection committee for naming the new State Archaeologist, 2016. ECONOMICS Atrayee Ghosh Roy discussed Dr. John V. Winter’s paper entitled, “Foreign and Native-born STEM Graduates and Innovation Intensity in the United States,” at the Western Ron Schirmer renewed the contract with MnDoT for the MAID project, netting an additional $250,000 in external money, 2016. 1 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Good News Maria Bevacqua was the Panel Moderator for, “Edible Knowledge: Feminist Methodologies, Affective Production, and Disciplined Bodies,” at the National Women’s Studies Association, Milwaukee, WI, November 11-15, 2015. Economic Association International Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 30, 2015 Atrayee Ghosh Roy discussed Dr. Gregory Gilpin and Anton Bekkerman’s paper entitled, “A Panel Analysis on School-Break Readership: Are Public Libraries the Great Academic Equalizer?” at the Western Economic Association International Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 1, 2015 Maria Bevacqua was the Panel Moderator for,” Feminist Advocacy in Anti-Violence Work,” at the National Women’s Studies Association, Milwaukee, WI, November 11-15, 2015. Ishuan Li served as a member of an HLC Peer Reviewer team in an accreditation on-campus visit, September 2015. Ishuan Li served as a member of an HLC Financial Review Panel team, February 2016. Maria Bevacqua was an Academic Program Review External Consultant for the Women’s & Gender Studies Program, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, February 2016. Maria Bevacqua was an Academic Program Review External Consultant for the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, University of Central Missouri, October 2015. Ishuan Li, Robert Simonson, and Matthew Malvin (graduate student in Urban Studies), had the abstract of their paper published on the Undergraduate Research Highlights section of the 2016 spring issue of the CUR Quarterly, the journal of the Council on Undergraduate Research. Phillip Miller was interviewed by KSTP regarding a new MLS soccer stadium being built in St. Paul, March, 2016. Phillip Miller was interviewed by the New York Post on a story he was working on regarding the pricing of New York Yankees season tickets and its relation to prices in the secondary ticket market, February 2016. Phillip Miller helped organize three sports economics sessions at last fall's Missouri Valley Economic Association (MVEA) conference in Kansas City, 2015. GEOGRAPHY Jose Lopez published his article, "Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Traditions and Etiquette," in World Geography: Understanding a Changing World, 2015. Jose Lopez published his article, "Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Arts and Landmarks," in World Geography: Understanding a Changing World, 2015. Fei Yuan has been named Distinguished Faculty Scholar by the University. Phillip Miller presented a paper entitled, "Major League Duopolists: Ticket Pricing When Sports Leagues Have Multiple Teams in Cities," at the MVEA conference in Kansas City, 2015. GOVERNMENT Colleen Clarke had her article, “Studying Police Education Abroad in the Wake of Transnational Organized Crime,” published in National Social Science Journal, Volume 46, Number 1, 2016. Phillip Miller helped judge a graduate student paper competition for the North American Association of Sports Economists, March 2016. Phillip Miller reviewed a proposal for a new sports economics text. The review was done for Oxford University Press, 2016. Reginald Edwards presented, “Leadership, Strategic Planning and Large Scale Social Change,” at the Pan African Student Leadership Conference, March 24, 2016. Tom Inglot organized a Telepresence video lecture in the POL 439/539 Comparative Social Policy/Welfare State in Europe and the Americas, Professor Daniel Bèland, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, a leading expert in comparative social policy, talked about the similarities and differences between the Canadian and American welfare states. March 17, 2016. Tom Inglot organized a Telepresence video lecture in the POL 439/539 Comparative Social Policy/Welfare State in Europe and the Americas, with Professor Julia Moses, Department of History, University of Sheffield, England, talked about, “The Origins of Welfare States in Britain and Continental Europe,” March 22, 2016. Phillip Miller was invited to write a short article for an upcoming symposium to be published in a Washington Post blog called "In Theory" March 2016. GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES Maria Bevacqua presented, “Precarious Value? Reflections on the PhD in Gender, Women's and Feminist Studies,” at the National Women’s Studies Association, Milwaukee, WI, November 11-15, 2015. Maria Bevacqua presented, “Directors Workshop,” at the National Women’s Studies Association Program Administrators’ Pre-Conference, Milwaukee, WI, November 11-15, 2015. 2 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Good News Angela Cooley presented, "'Give Food for Freedom': Civil Rights and Food Access," at the Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Little Rock, AR, November 15, 2015. Tom Inglot organized a Telepresence video lecture in the POL 441/541 Russia and Neighboring States class, with Ms. Victoria Fomina, former MSU exchange student from Russia and now Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, who talked about, “Contemporary Nationalist Movements in Russia,” March 29, 2016. Angela Cooley was invited to present the Constitution Day lecture on the book, To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South, Minnesota State University, Mankato, September 17, 2015. Pat Nelson presented, “Using Flipped Design to Facilitate Communication’s Practical Application in Law Enforcement,” at the National Technology and Social Science Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 21, 2016. Angela Cooley participated in the Panel discussion for the book, To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South, Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Tennessee, October 11, 2015. Angela Cooley was a faculty panel participant for the common read book, The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities, Minnesota State University, Mankato, October 27, 2015. Angela Cooley was invited to present, "Golden Arches and White Spaces: Race in Early Fast Food Places," at the James A. Hutchins Lecture Series, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, March 3, 2016. Jameel Haque discussed, “The Siege of Kut, December 1915-April 1916: World War I and the Modern Middle East,” for the spring History Forum lecture, March 28, 2016. Pat Nelson at the National Technology and Social Science Conference Fred Slocum helped organize the Minnesota Political Science Association conference at St. John's University. Slocum brought MSU Political Science students Jake Tolde and Katelyn Schmidt with him to the conference. October 31, 2015. PSYCHOLOGY Jeff Buchanan, Don Ebel, and colleagues had their article, “Age Differences in Perceptions of Gerotranscendence: An Examination of Cosmic Dimension Behaviors,” published in the Journal of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging, in press, March 2016. Fred Slocum was interviewed by KEYC-TV for a story on Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, December 10, 2015. Jeff Buchanan and Don Ebel had their article, “The Difference in Perception of Gerotranscendence Between College Students and Healthy, Community-Dwelling Older Adults,” published in the Journal of Aging Studies, 34: 1-9, 2015. Fred Slocum was interviewed by KEYC-TV for a story on Senator Amy Klobuchar being mentioned as a possible nominee to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, February 15, 2016. Kevin Filter and Britta DeJager (Alumnus) published their paper, “Prevent-Teach-Reinforce: Function-based Intervention Planning with Elementary Students Without Disabilities,” in the Journal of Applied School Psychology, 31 (4), 369-391. 2015. HISTORY Angela Cooley published her book chapter, "Freedom's Farms: Activism and Sustenance in Rural Mississippi," in Dethroning the Deceitful Pork Chop: Rethinking African American Foodways from Slavery to Obama, edited by Jennifer Jensen Wallach, University of Arkansas Press, 2015. Kevin Filter presented, “Staff Commitment to Implement PBIS: What is 80% Buy-in?” at the Midwinter Conference of the Minnesota School Psychologists Association, Bloomington, MN, 2016. Angela Cooley published her book chapter, "Food and Regionalism," in Routledge History of American Foodways, edited by Jennifer Jensen Wallach and Michael Wise, Routledge, 2016. Kevin Filter was invited to present, “Balancing consulting with other responsibilities of a faculty position,” at the School Psychology Future Faculty 3 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Good News Series, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, February 2016. Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2016. Kevin Filter was invited to present, “Classroom Rewards: Tickets, Tokens, and Tootling,” at the “Cool Topics” presentation to the Minnesota SW-PBIS State Leadership Team, Minnesota Department of Education: Roseville, MN, November 2015. Emily Stark and Michael Manderfeld presented, “Engaging Faculty with Quality Matters Certification via a Cohort Model,” at the Quality Matters Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 2015. The School Psychology Program celebrated their achievement in gaining certification for their program through the National Association of School Psychologist, April 1, 2016. Kevin Filter was invited to present, “PBIS Buy-in and Implementation Factors,” at the “Cool Topics” presentation to the Minnesota SW-PBIS State Leadership Team, Minnesota Department of Education: Roseville, MN, July 2015. SOCIAL WORK Kofi Danso and Seok Won Jin will present, “Immigrant Health Disparities: Does Neighborhood Social Capital Matter?” at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, London, Britain, August 2016. Karla Lassonde had her article, “Refutation Texts: Overcoming Psychology Misconceptions that are Resistance to Change,” in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. 2(1), 62-74. 2016. Seok Won Jin and Kofi Danso Presented, “Elderly Parents’ Visit to Child and Family in the United States: Implication for Immigrant Community Building,” at the International Consortium Social Development, Singapore, July 2015. Karla Lassonde had her article, “Reducing the Impact of Stereotypical Knowledge During Reading,” published in Discourse Processes, 52(2), 149-171. 2015. Karla Lassonde and colleagues presented their poster, “Knowledge Revision and Source Credibility: Reducing the Impact of Misconceptions,” at the Psychonomic Society's Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2015. Karla Lassonde and colleagues presented, “What’s Source Got To Do With It?: Examining the Role of Source Credibility in the Processing of Refutation Texts,” at the Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, Minneapolis, MN, 2015 Kofi Danso published his article, “Nativity and Health Disparities: Predictors of Immigrant Health,” in Social Work in Public Health, in press. Paul Mackie was named President of the National Association for Rural Mental Health, August 2015. Paul Mackie, was invited to present, “Behavioral Health Workforce Policy Issues: A Rural Perspective,” at the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Symposium, Atlanta, GA, November 12, 2015. Karla Lassonde and Dawn Albertson presented, “The Classroom and Beyond: Diversifying our Definition of Undergraduate Research to Include Classroom, Campus, and Community,” at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Eastern Washington State University, Cheney, WA, April 16 - 18, 2015, Shawna Petersen-Brown and colleagues published their article, “Meta-analysis of Academic Interventions Derived from Neuropsychological Data,” in School Psychology Quarterly, 2015. Paul Mackie, Julia Hamann, and Makenzie Petzel presented, “Baccalaureate-level Social Work Student Perceptions about Rural Practice,” at the National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH) Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 31, 2015. Paul Mackie presented, “NARMH & NRIADA: Organizational Partnering Strategies to Strengthen Rural Voices,” at the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Conference, Menomonie, WI, June 16, 2015. Emily Stark and Dan Sachau had their article, “Lake Wobegon’s Guns: Overestimating our Gun-related Competences,” published in The Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 4(1), 8-23. doi:10.5964/jspp.v4i 1.464 Paul Mackie was named Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Minnesota State University, Mankato April 2016. SOCIOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Carol Glasser, Vandhana Ramaduai, Stevent Metts and Marija Drobnkjak. Submitted the report, "Vallejo: City of Opportunity Lacks Access to Healthy Food," for the Food Empowerment Project, Cotati, CA, February 2016. Elizabeth McMahon and Emily Stark presented, “I Think I Can”: Observations from the Road to Lake Wobegon,” at the Quality Matters Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 2015. Emily Stark and Andrea Lassiter presented their poster, “Building Successful Groups for Collaborative Learning Activities: The Importance of Trust,” at the 2016 Society for the Teaching of Psychology – Midwestern 4 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Good News Dennis Waskul, had his book chapter, “Going to the Bathroom,” Published in Popular Culture as Everyday Life Edited by Dennis Waskul and Phillip Vannini, pages 145-154. Routledge: New York, NY, 2015. Carol Glasser presented, “Women, Animals, and Activism: A Call for Total Liberation,” at the Frontier Forum Lecture, March 29, 2016. Dennis Waskul, had his book chapter, “Sex and the Internet,” published in The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexualities edited by Patricia Whelehan and Anne Bolin, Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. Dennis Waskul gave the keynote address, “Everyday Ghosts: Ghostly Encounters in Everyday Life,” at the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Salford, England, 2015. Dennis Waskul presented, “Ghostly Reason and the Will to Believe,” at the SSSI Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2015. Dennis Waskul became the President of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, term effective from August 2015-August 2016. Paul Prew presented, “Disaster Capitalism: What it Means for You,” at the Kessel Peace Institute Discussion, March 29, 2016. URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES Miriam Porter was invited to present, “Disaster Preparedness in a Developing Economy: Ghana, a Case Study,” at the 2015 International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2015. James Robertson published his article, ““Heartless” Managed Care,” in Correctional Law Reporter, 27(6). 2016. James Robertson published his article, “Political Mobilization and the Prison Rape Elimination Act,” in Correctional Law Reporter, 27(5): 73-74. 2016. Sherrise Truesdale-Moore and colleagues presented, “Culturally Responsive Supervisory Practices: Promoting the Development of Supervisees of Color,” October 2015. Raymond Asomani-Boateng presented his research during the faculty research sessions at the Pan African Student Leadership Conference, March 24, 2016. Sherrise Truesdale-Moore Conducted Culturally Competency Training at Lino Lakes, Minnesota Department of Corrections, March 2016. Sherrise Truesdale-Moore submitted a LS/CMI Assessment Report, “Analyses of Odds Ratio of LS/CMI Scores of Offenders on Probation,” the report was submitted to Blue Earth County Community Corrections. December 2015. Sherrise Truesdale-Moore was awarded a Faculty Research Grant for her research entitled, “Exploring the Experiences of Ex-offenders Matriculating on a College Campus.” Dennis Waskul and Phillip Vannini published their book, Popular Culture as Everyday Life, through New York: Routledge, 2015. Dennis Waskul and Phillip Vannini had their book chapter, “Popular Culture as Everyday Life.” Published in Popular Culture as Everyday Life (Edited by Dennis Waskul and Phillip Vannini). Pages 1-18. Routledge: New York, NY, 2015. 5