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October 30, 2008
Professor Joan Garfield (Educational Psychology) has co-authored a new book.
Developing Students’ Statistical Reasoning: Connecting Research and Teaching Practice
By Joan Garfield and Dani Ben-Zvi (University of Haifa, Israel)
Springer Publishers, 2008
Bill Doherty, is quoted in the October 30th USA Today article Dare to try this 'Love Dare' advice?
October 29, 2008
Jodi Dworkin, Ph.D. FSoS faculty, Chris Gonzalez, FSoS graduate student, and Colleen Gengler and Kathleen Olson, Extension Educators, Family Relations are recipients of the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences Florence Hall Award, 2008 State Winner for their evaluation of a fact sheet series for parents of 7th and 8th graders - “Teen Talk: A survival guide for parents of teens.�?
Associate Professor Jodi Dworkin, graduate student Chris Gonzalez (both in Family Social Science), and Colleen Gengler and Kathleen Olson, Extension educators, are recipients of the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences Florence Hall Award, 2008 State Winner for their evaluation of a fact sheet series for parents of 7th and 8th graders - "Teen Talk: A survival guide for parents of teens."
October 28, 2008
Jill Haom, a Summer 2008 Tucker Center McNair Scholar, is one of five University students presenting research at the 2008 National McNair Research Conference October 28-30th in Delavan, Wisconsin.
Jill is presenting her project "Unequal Opportunities, Unequal Outcomes: The Physical Activity of East African Girls," which was funded by the Melpomene Institute for Women’s Health Research.
The University's Graduate School faculty voted to approve the nominations of Sara Axtell and Cynthia Meyer (both in Family Social Science) to M2 Member/Advising status on the graduate faculty at its meeting held September 15.
M status includes the following responsibilities: teaching; service as an examining committee member for master's and postbaccalaureate certificate (PBC) students; and service as a thesis reviewer for master's students. In minor-only programs and at the discretion of the appointing program, M status may also include service as a committee member and thesis reviewer for doctoral students, representing the field of the minor. M2 status may additionally include advising master's students; service as an examining committee member and thesis reviewer for doctoral students, and co-advising doctoral students. M2s and Ms may participate in governance of the graduate program.
Associate Professor Gillian Roehrig (Curriculum and Instruction) is the principal investigator for a $497,711 Head Start grant beginning in late 2008 and ending in August 2011 to develop and study a culturally-relevant science and math curriculum for Head Start programs on the White Earth reservation.
Her co-investigators are Barbara Murphy, Director of Shirley G. Moore Lab School in the Institute of Child Development, and Steven Carlson in Extension Natural Resources in the Department of Forest Resources.
This interdisciplinary, collaborative project will provide extensive training about the nature of science and math, how children learn, science as inquiry, and how to integrate science and math with Ojibwe cultural curriculum. Monthly mentoring will be provided to Head Start teachers over the grant period, and community members will be included in the Head Start science and math activities. The curriculum will connect to the world around reservation children, and build on their current cultural curriculum.
Professor Bill Doherty (Family Social Science) describes what he means by "marriage-friendly therapy" and why he and a colleague started a Web site, Marriage-Friendly Therapists, that offers couples experienced, marriage-friendly counselors.
Kristy Popp, School of Kinesiology Ph.D. student (adviser, Moira Petit), is the principal investigator on a just-awarded $2,500 National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) survey project award titled "Bone Geometry Strength and Biomechanical Changes."
Professor Pat Avery (Curriculum and Instruction) is the recipient of two grants, one of approximately $75,000 and one of approximately $90,000 from the Constitutional Rights Foundation to continue her evaluation work on "Deliberating in a Democracy in the United States, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, and Russia."
Bibiana Koh, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Family Social Science, is the recipient of the 2008 Neubeck Scholarship for Professional Development.
This travel award is available annually for a student presenting a paper at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) or at other professional conferences in the family field. Koh will present her paper at the NCFR Adoption Initiative conference this November. Currently the award is $600.
Mary Jo Kane, Tucker Center director, and Nicole LaVoi, associate director, are featured in a video about the 2007 Tucker Center Research Report: Developing Physically Active Girls on the University's research home page, available at http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/research.php.
Postdoctoral Associate Charlie Miller (Curriculum and Instruction) and Associate Professor Sue Rose (Educational Psychology) have received a Phase I Department of Education Stepping Stones grant in the amount of $399,942 for the period October 2008 through September 2010 to develop a technology-based avenue for progress monitoring with deaf and hard of hearing students.
The Tucker Center has released a full-length video of its Fall Distinguished Lecture, which featured three Minnesota track and field Olympians: Janis Klecker, Carrie Tollefson, and Shani Marks.
The lecture was moderated by Professor Doug Hartmann (Sociology). To view the video visit the Tucker Center home page.
Alum Delores Henderson (Ph.D., educational policy and administration, '82), principal of St. Paul's Ames Elementary School, was featured in an article on the recent changes the school has undertaken to meet No Child Left Behind requirements.
How one failing St. Paul school made the grade
Star Tribune (Minn.) Oct. 20, 2008
Assistant Professor Tamara Moore will receive $75,000 over a five-year period to evaluate a significant quality improvement initiative focused on Itasca Community College’s Engineering program.
The evaluation is supported by the Blandin Foundation and is part of an overall $2.5 million quality improvement project funded by Blandin, the National Science Foundation, and the Community College.
Professor Jane Gilgun and Ph.D. students Valandra and Alankaar Sharma (all from the School of Social Work) will present a workshop in January 2009 on critical race theory and critical discourse analysis at the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) in New Orleans.
Professor Gilgun will also participate in a roundtable called “A Frank (and Friendly) Dialogue about Evidence-Based Practice� at the conference. Other participants in the roundtable are schools of social work from the University of Southern California, University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Hunter College, and University of Kansas.
Assistant Professor Misty Sato (Curriculum and Instruction) received a one-year subcontract of $50,820 to work with the Science Museum of Minnesota on their Cultural Relevance in Science Pedagogy (CRISP) project.
The project will involve engaging with schools and their faculty in sustained relationships and systems change through a summer institute and ongoing work during the school year. Science teachers from five Minnesota schools will engage in collaborative action research focused on how cultural relevance can play a part in science teaching and learning in the classroom. Sato is coordinating the teacher network, working with MNSCU facilitators to develop the strategies of action research at the teachers’ schools, and coordinating research data collection procedures.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) is holding its annual clothesline project display today in Peters Hall Atrium from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Join students, staff, faculty, and visitors to decorate T-shirts in recognition of those Minnesotans murdered in 2008 as a result of domestic violence. Refreshments provided!
Family Social Science graduate student Brian Willoughby had his refereed paper entitled "The Decline of In Loco Parentis and the Shift to Coed Housing on College Campuses" selected for publication in the Journal of Adolescent Research.
Brian Willoughby, FSoS graduate student received the Wes Burr Student Paper Award for best student paper in the Family Science section for National Council on Family Relations. The paper is entitled: "The Effect of Marital Attitudes, Sexual Experience and Dating Behavior on the Practice and Endorsement of Cohabitation."
FSoS graduate student, Brian Willoughby, had his refereed paper entitled “The Decline of In Loco Parentis and the Shift to Coed Housing on College Campuses�? selected for publication in Journal of Adolescent Research.
October 24, 2008
Bibiana Koh, FSoS Ph.D. student, is the recipient of the 2008 Neubeck Scholarship for Professional Development.
This travel award is available annually for a student presenting a paper at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) or at other professional conferences in the family field. Bibana will present her paper at the NCFR Adoption Initiative conference this November. Neubeck ScholarshipCurrently the award is $600.
October 23, 2008
Bill Doherty, FSoS professor, describes what he means by "marriage friendly therapy" and learn why he and his colleague started a website, www.marriagefriendlytherapists.com, that offer couples experienced, marriage friendly counselors.
October 22, 2008
The graduate faculty voted to approve the nominations of Sara Axtell and Cynthia Meyer to M2 Member/Advising status on the graduate faculty at its meeting held September 15, 2008.
Congratulations Sara and Cynthia!
The criteria for membership is established by the Graduate School Social Sciences Policy and Review Council: Criteria for Membership: M2 (Member/Advising) and M (Member).
Those faculty members receiving M2 (Member/Advising) and M (Member) status should hold the Ph.D. or terminal Professional degree (e.g., MSW or JD) in the field of appointment, or a closely related field, and should be able to teach graduate courses in the appointing program. Additionally, M2s are expected to be active in research and publication, or other appropriate creative or professional activity, and to have the potential for graduate-level advising. It is expected that most recently completed Ph.D.s will be appointed at the M2 level. At the discretion of the appointing program and with a Senior Member of the program, faculty holding M2 appointment may co-advise doctoral students.
M status includes the following responsibilities: teaching; service as an examining committee member for masters’ and postbaccalaureate certificate (PBC) students; and service as a thesis reviewer for masters’ students. In minor-only programs and at the discretion of the appointing program, M status may also include service as a committee member and thesis reviewer for doctoral students, representing the field of the minor. M2 status may additionally include advising master's students; service as an examining committee member and thesis reviewer for doctoral students, and co-advising doctoral students. M2s and Ms may participate in governance of the graduate program.
The Minnesota Daily covers the Iraqi art exhibition hosted in main office of Family Social Science (room 290). Read the full article.
October 21, 2008
Sharon Danes gives suggestions on how to talk to your kids about what's been happening in the financial news in the Star Tribune article Paydirt: A chance for a lesson.
Carol Leitschuh, Ph.D. research associate in the Department of Kinesiology, was invited to present in September at Italy's Universita Degli Sudi Roma "La Sapienza," Dipartimento di Psicologia (Psychology Department). Carol's presentation was entitled "Movement of Babies Born Premature." In addition, productive meetings were held with graduate faculty and students on the progress of their research on assessing infants, toddlers, and preschoolers using Carol's tool for monitoring movement skill development at these very young ages.
Professor Bill Doherty's (Family Social Science) Birthdays without Pressure is mentioned in a recent article.
Finding balance in the season of birthdays
The Jewish Daily Forward (N.Y.) Oct. 16, 2008
Professor Sharon Danes (Family Social Science) discusses ways to use the recent economic turmoil to teach children about finances.
Paydirt: A chance for a lesson
Star Tribune (Minn.) Oct. 18, 2008
Alumna, Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle member, and CEHD Advisory Council member Joyce Bell (Ph.D., education) was the subject of a recent Star Tribune article. The article details Bell's reunion with a former student.
Joyce and Lane: Lessons end, friendship begins
Star Tribune (Minn.) Oct. 6, 2008
Interim Dean Jean Quam was mentioned in an article on aging in the GLBT community.
Aging even tougher for gays and lesbians
Chicago Tribune (Ill.) Oct. 21, 2008
Alumna Joan Velasquez (Ph.D., social work) recently received the National Peace Corps Association's Sargent Shriver Award, which honors distinguished humanitarian service.
Learn more about Joan, read her acceptance speech, and view photos from the awards ceremony by visiting the National Peace Corps Association's Web site.
Dr. Kevin McGrew, visiting professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, has recently published several articles and delivered a variety of presentations.
Recent publications
McGrew, K. (in press). CHC theory and the human cognitive abilities project: Standing on the shoulders of the giants of psychometric intelligence research. Intelligence (2008) doi:10.1016/j.intell.2008.08.004.
Taub, G., Floyd, R. G., Keith, T. Z., & McGrew, K. S. (2008). Effects of general and broad cognitive abilities on mathematics. School Psychology Quarterly, 23(2), 187-198.
Floyd, R. G., McGrew, K. S., & Evans, J. J. (2008). The relative contributions of the Cattell-Horn-Carroll cognitive abilities in explaining writing achievement during childhood and adolescence. Psychology in the Schools, 45(2), 132-144.
Taub, G. E., McGrew, K. S., & Keith, T. Z. (2007). Improvements in interval time tracking and effects on reading achievement. Psychology in the Schools, 44(8), 849-863.
Floyd, R. G., Keith, T. Z., Taub, G. E., & McGrew, K. S. (2007). Cattell-Horn-Carroll cognitive abilities and their effects on reading decoding skills: g has indirect effects, more specific abilities have direct effects. School Psychology Quarterly, 22(2), 200-233.
Recent presentations
McGrew, K. (2008, Sept). The Australian standardization of the Woodcock-Johnson III Cognitive and Achievement Battery. In W. Howe (chair), Adaptation and norming of cognitive and achievement tests in other countries—issues and outcomes. Symposium conducted at the Forty-third Australian Psychological Society Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
McGrew, K. (2008, July). Advances in the prediction of academic achievement using WJ III subtests. General Session at the Third National School Neuropsychology Conference, Grapevine, Texas.
McGrew, K., Wendling, B. & Read, B. (2008, Feb). Using CHC theory to link assessment to intervention. Workshop presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.
McGrew, K. (2007, July). The brain clock: An overview of contemporary research and theory regarding the neuroscience of brain-based interval timing and its relevance to learning and rehabilitation. Invited keynote presentation at the Interactive Metronome Professional Conference, Chicago, IL.
For further information on Kevin's work, including the presentations and publications listed above, visit his academic blogs:
IQ's Corner - http://www.intelligencetesting.blogspot.com
The IQ Brain Clock - http://ticktockbraintalk.blogspot.com/
October 16, 2008
Election day is just weeks away, and to help motivate and teach young adults with disabilities about voting, and about other ways to participate in the political process, the My Voice, My Vote Web site has been launched by the college’s Institute on Community Integration (ICI).
Historically, voter participation has been lower among people with disabilities than in the general population. Among the contributing factors is a lack of awareness about voter accommodations and how to use them. The site not only provides information about accommodations and voting rights, it also shows how to register to vote, provides links to resources that talk about issues and candidates, and describes other ways to be heard in the political process. A key feature of the Web site is a video of a workshop held by the project in which young adults with disabilities learned what it means to be a citizen and how to exercise one’s right to vote; the video can be especially useful for teachers, service providers, advocates and others to use with groups.
Chris Bremer, project director, observes, “In doing the workshop, we saw how excited young adults with disabilities are about getting involved as citizens and voting. We hope this project contributes to increased participation in November and in future elections.�
My Voice, My Vote is a collaborative project of ICI, the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University’s Humphrey Institute, Partnership Resources Inc., and the Minneapolis Public Schools, with assistance from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office. The project is funded by a $4,075 grant from the Charles and Mabel Williams Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation.
For further information about My Voice, My Vote contact Chris at breme006@umn.edu or (612) 625-7595.
October 14, 2008
Seminar: Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) Trauma treatment for survivors of war and torture
Claudia Catani, Ph.D., Expertise: Neurophysiology of stress reactions; epidemiology and treatment of trauma related disorders of organized and family violence, Board member of vivo Germany and Italy and Frank Neuner, Ph.D., Expertise: Psychotherapy of torture victims; clinical and neuroscientific research, Member of vivo Germany, Italy and Uganda will conduct a seminar on Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) Trauma treatment for survivors of war and torture. Cantani and Neuner are visiting from the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bielefeld, Germany.
As part of the International Mass Trauma program of research in the Department of Family Social Science, this seminar is presented by Cantani and Neuner, its originators from Germany and vivo Foundation. NET is an evidence based intervention developed for the treatment of PTSD implemented worldwide to those affected by traumatic events resulting from war, organized violence and natural disasters. It incorporates cognitive-behavioral exposure therapy and testimony therapy, explicitly addressing the sociopolitical aspects of healing. The seminar will address the cognitive and neuroscientific background of NET, the procedure and the current state of evaluation research with asylum seekers, refugees, and war survivors in conflict regions.
This event is free and open to the public.
DATE:
Monday, November 10th, 2008
TIME:
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (seminar)
12:00 p.m. to 1 p.m. (refreshments and Q&A)
LOCATION:
University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, 274 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue
For more information contact Dr. Liz Wieling
Co-sponsored by the Department of Family Social Science and the Center for Victims of Torture
October 13, 2008
The latest issue of Educational Researcher lists several faculty from the Department of Educational Psychology who will be inaugural fellows of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
The following faculty members will be honored at the April 2009 annual meeting in San Diego:
Professor Bill Bart
Professor Bob Bruininks
Professor Mark Davison
Professor Joan Garfield
Professor David W. Johnson
Professor Geoff Maruyana
Congratulations to all of our distinguished faculty!
Professor Paul Rosenblatt (Family Social Science) will be a panelist at the Hospice Foundation of America's 16th annual National Bereavement Teleconference "Diversity and End-of-Life Care." Here is a brief YouTube clip of Paul discussing the event.
The teleconference will be broadcast Wednesday, April 29 from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m ET. The program will focus on ways of understanding diversity and how cultural histories, traditions, and beliefs can affect end of life care.
Maureen Weiss, Ph.D., professor and co-director of the Tucker Center in the School of Kinesiology, gave a research lecture—the Margaret Jo Safrit Lecture in Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on October 3, 2008.
Maureen's lecture, “The Jo Chronicles: Tribute to a Difference Maker in Kinesiology," honored Professor Emerita Margaret Jo Safrit, a pioneer in measurement in kinesiology and who served at UW-Madison for 21 years. Among her many achievements, Dr. Safrit developed the first health-related physical fitness test in the world, served as president of American Association of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE), and received the prestigious Luther Halsey Gulick Award, the highest award bestowed by the American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD).
The Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning was mentioned in a recent editorial on student preparation for college-level mathematics.
Editorial counterpoint: Colleges must teach the students they have
Star Tribune (Minn.) Oct. 9, 2008
Professor Paul Rosenblatt (Family Social Science) will visit St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, on October 24 to discuss his book Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing.
The event, which is part of the "Discovering Families" lecture series, will be held at 7 p.m. in Dittmann 305 on the St. Olaf campus. For more information contact Kari VanDerVeen at 507-786-3970.
Professor Joan Garfield and lecturers Michelle Everson and Andrew Zieffler (all in the the Department of Educational Psychology) recently published the lead article in Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers.
Entitled "Implementing New Reform Guidelines in Teaching Introductory College Statistics Courses," this article introduces the recently adopted Guidelines for the Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) and provides two examples of introductory statistics courses that have been redesigned to better align with these guidelines.
See the issue's table of contents.
What does it mean to buy "ocal"? How does a food product become "organic"? What is the difference between an "heirloom" tomato and a "commercial" tomato? These were just a few of the questions first-year CEHD students were encouraged to ask local growers at a recent visit to one of several farmers’ markets in downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Read the full story on the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning's Web site.
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Nicole LaVoi, associate director of the Tucker Center and education specialist in the School of Kinesiology, will be featured in an article on overscheduled children in the fall volume of Stemwinder, a publication for 3M employees and retirees in the Twin Cities.
Family Social Science graduate students Kimberly Diggles, Kara Erolin, and Laurelle Olsen received the 2008-2009 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Minority Fellowship.
The 2008-09 class includes all of the inaugural students plus three additional students, totaling 23 fellows.
Funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), AAMFT has created the Minority Fellowship Program to support the training of practitioners or practitioner/researchers in mental health and substance abuse services, treatment, and prevention. This fellowship program is directed at marriage and family therapy doctoral students who are committed to research about and service to ethnic minority and underserved populations.
The AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program’s objective is to expand the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to underserved minority populations and to increase the number of culturally competent ethnic minority marriage and family therapists. Their goal is to provide financial support and professional guidance to individuals pursuing doctoral degrees in marriage and family therapy.
Congratulations Kimberly, Kara, and Laurelle!
Hospice Foundation of America 16th annual National Bereavement Teleconference "Diversity and End-of-Life Care" will be broadcast Wednesday, April 29 from 1:30p-4p ET. The program will focus on ways of understanding diversity and how cultural histories, traditions and beliefs can affect end of life care.
Panelist Paul C. Rosenblatt, PhD, speaks about HFA's 2009 Teleconference, Diversity and End-of-Life Care, airing on April 29, 2009.
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Video production by Limelight Communications, Inc.
October 10, 2008
University of Minnesota Professor of Family Social Science Dr. Paul Rosenblatt will visit St. Olaf Oct. 24 to discuss his book Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing. The event, which is part of the "Discovering Families" lecture series, will be held at 7 p.m. in Dittmann 305.
For more information contact Kari VanDerVeen at 507-786-3970.
October 8, 2008
Kimberly Diggles, Kara Erolin, and Laurelle Olsen have received the 2008-2009 AAMFT Minority Fellowship. The 2008-09 class includes all of the inaugural students plus three additional students, totaling 23 fellows.
Funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), AAMFT has created the Minority Fellowship Program to support the training of practitioners or practitioner/researchers in mental health and substance abuse services, treatment and prevention. This fellowship program is directed at Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral students who are committed to research about and service to ethnic minority and underserved populations.
The AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program’s objective is to expand the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to underserved minority populations and to increase the number of culturally competent ethnic minority Marriage and Family therapists. Their goal is to provide financial support and professional guidance to individuals pursuing doctoral degrees in Marriage and Family therapy.
An MFP fellowship is more than a simple scholarship that only provides financial support. An MFP fellowship is a professional training appointment into a community of other students and professionals who hold similar professional interests. Indeed, the MFP provides stipends, or living allowances, to students who hold the fellowships. However, we also facilitate professional development and provide professional guidance with the aim of moving students towards high achievement in areas related to minority mental health research and services.
FSoS graduate, Mary Deters, is running for a seat on the the Mahtomedi school board. Read the full artilce.
October 3, 2008
William Doherty, FSoS professor, contributes to the Star Tribune's Opinion Exchange stating "There's a trend toward excessive parenting, often expressed through youth sports. The detritus of this obsession: Injury, burnout, even lesser achievement." Read the full article.
October 2, 2008
Catherine Solheim, FSoS professor, discusses how to build assets, interviewed by Brad Sattin of KSTP Channel 5. Listen to the full Critical Mention article.
Stephen Ross, professor of kinesiology, is quoted n the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Through most of September, as the Milwaukee Brewers were looking more like a team heading home for October, the business side of the organization was making plans for a playoff run. “As long as the team is winning, it’s good," said Stephen. “They have all of these designs done ahead of time with the printer. The turnaround time is quick. But if the Brewers go three and out, people are going to be a little less willing to buy them or wear them."
Brewers struck fast on merchandising
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisc.) Sept. 30, 2008
If children sense your stress about the economy, try the approach suggested by Catherine Solheim, FSoS Professor. Read the full Washington DC WTOP article
If there's one bright side to growing economic problems, it may be that it's forcing parents to sit down and have the talk with their kids. Cathy Solheim, FSoS Professor, is quoted in the Canadian Press, read the article.
October 1, 2008
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) has accepted two abstracts from assistant professor Hee Yun Lee (School of Social Work) in collaboration with several doctoral students, for presentation at the 2009 conference in New Orleans.
One abstract is titled "The effects of incident-specific substance use on the outcomes of intimate partner violence (IPV)." It is a poster presentation and was written with Ph.D. student Eunsu Ju.
The second abstract, co-authored with Xianghua Luo, assistant professor in the University’s Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, and doctoral student Melissa Lundquist, is titled "Colorectal cancer screening disparities in Asian Americans: Exploring subgroup differences and associated determinants," and is part of a cancer symposium.
Assistant Professor Hee Yun Lee and doctoral student Charissa Eaton have written a paper on financial abuse that was accepted to the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
Lee, H. & Eaton, C. (In press). Financial Abuse in Elderly Korean Immigrants: Mixed Analysis of the Role of Culture on Perception and Help-Seeking Intention. Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
Professor Jeffrey Edleson (School of Social Work) and Jennifer Witt, director and associate director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), have received a $1.3 million grant with the Office of Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice.
The award will fund the following national technical assistance projects from September 2008 through April 2011: (1) a publication series of brief research, policy, or best practice documents on violence against women; (2) a rapid-response team allowing OVW staff to respond more effectively to media and policymaker requests for information about newly emerging issues; (3) an online library showcasing OVW approved Technical Assistance Provider products; and (4) an online calendar and directory of Technical Assistance Providers.
Congratulations MINCAVA!
Lecturer Stacy Ingraham (School of Kinesiology) warns City Pages readers of the dangers of mixed martial arts, particularly for women.
Reporter's Notebook: Women's Mixed Martial Arts
City Pages (Minn.) Sept. 30, 2008
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