In pictures: FSoS Senior Portfolio Review Day
The Department of Family Social Science's Senior Portfolio Review Day took place on May 7. See the attached PDF for photos and captions describing the event.
May 12, 2008
May 08, 2008
Reiff receives UROP grant
Chris Reiff from the School of Kinesiology's Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP) has been awarded an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) grant to support his research project titled "Differences in Caloric Expenditure in Standing versus Sitting Desks."
Congratulations, Chris!
May 07, 2008
Zaloudek receives Fichter grant
Family Social Science student Julie Zaloudek’s proposal "BEM sex role inventory and Christian Protestants’ perceptions of God (Jesus)" will receive a 2008 Fichter Research Grant equaling $10,325.
The Fichter Grant is awarded by the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR), an international scholarly association that seeks to advance theory and research in the sociology of religion. The Association encourages and communicates research that ranges widely across the multiple themes and approaches in the study of religion, and is a focal point for comparative, historical, and theoretical contributions to the field.
Congratulations, Julie!
Six UROP students for APAL
In 2007-08, six undergraduate research assistants have received awards from the University to support their research in the School of Kinesiology's Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory (APAL). These competitive awards, from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), have been made to Elizabeth deSanto, Mallory Dzubay, Kyle Elm, Zoe Fung, Christie Pelzer, and Alison Smith.
Please join us in congratulating the APAL and these exceptional undergrads!
Learning technologies: Recent publication
George Veletsianos (Ph.D. candidate, learning technologies), Cassie Scharber (Ph.D. candidate, learning technologies and literacy), and Assistant Professor Aaron Doering, have contributed a paper titled "When Sex, Drugs, and Violence Enter the Classroom: Conversations between Adolescent Social Studies Students and a Female Pedagogical Agent" for the latest issue of Interacting with Computers.
The paper investigates the discourse between a female conversational pedagogical agent and 59 adolescents in the context of a social studies lesson. A close look at learner–agent discourse revealed that learners readily misuse and abuse virtual characters while treating them as subordinate and inferior objects.
Veletsianos, G., Scharber, C., & Doering, A. (2008). When sex, drugs, and violence enter the classroom: Conversations between adolescent social studies students and a female pedagogical agent. Interacting with Computers, 20(3), 292-301.
May 05, 2008
Kin doctoral student wins Bush Leadership Fellowship
Frank Moe, Kinesiology Ph.D. student and Minnesota state legislator from Bemidji, has been awarded a 2008 Bush Leadership Fellowship. Frank is pursuing a Ph.D. in Education-Recreation, Park, and Leisure Studies and is advised by Professor Keith Russell.
The fellowships, presented by the Bush Foundation, support full-time academic or self-designed study in a wide range of fields including educational policy and leadership, immigrant business development, public health, ecological education and improvement, and Native American culture and language preservation. Bush Fellows include women and men in such fields as public service, education, government, health, business, engineering, architecture, science, farming, forestry, law, trade unions, law enforcement, journalism, and social work.
Congratulations Frank!
Kinesiology students win dissertation fellowships
Two Ph.D. candidates in the School of Kinesiology, Drew Bailey and Jung Hyun Kim, have been awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for 2008-09 from the Graduate School. These competitive, prestigious, all-University fellowships are designed to support outstanding Ph.D. candidates in devoting full time to their dissertation writing and research. They carry a nine-month stipend of $22,000 plus tuition for thesis credits and/or required seminars during the academic year.
Drew Bailey, student in Education-Recreation, Park, and Leisure Studies, emphasis Outdoor Education/Recreation, is advised by Associate Professor Keith Russell. His research topic, Cultivating Wisdom through a Service-Learning Experience, explores how alternative types of education may contribute to the development of wisdom in young people. In his fellowship application, Drew writes, "If the future is plagued with conflict, the instability is not something that exists 'out there somewhere' but a current that flows from inside individuals. To ensure both individual and social well-being, it may be necessary to not only teach students to recall facts and to think critically, but to think wisely as well."
Jung Hyun (Kenny) Kim is a Kinesiology student whose emphasis area is Exercise Physiology. He is advised by Professor Arthur Leon and Professor Victor Koscheyev. His research topic is Regulation of an Energy-Efficient Physiologically Designed Cooling Garment through a Finger Calorimeter Feedback System for Thermal Comfort During Extravehicular Activity (EVA). He is investigating optimal cooling regimes imposed by a cooling garment with participants at different modes and intensities of work as an analog for astronaut thermal comfort under different levels of exertion during EVA. A second aim of his study is to develop a physiological model of a finger calorimeter feedback system as an indicator of human thermal status while working in a protective garment. Kenny writes, "This research will . . . help to better understand human thermoregulatory responses and provide physiological principles for designing a cooling garment."
April 23, 2008
Omli receives NIMH traineeship
Jens Omli, Kinesiology Ph.D. candidate, has been offered a two-year NIMH traineeship at the Institute of Child Development. He will be working with Professors Dante Cicchetti and Nicki Crick to acquire new research skills, including measurement of HPA-axis functioning, which will allow him to investigate the influence of angry parent behavior on emotional outcomes in youth sport participants.
Congratulations, Jens!
Eaton wins Shelly Joseph-Kordell Scholarship
Doctoral student Charissa Eaton (School of Social Work) has been awarded the University's 2008-09 Shelly Joseph-Kordell Scholarship. The scholarship supports graduate students in the School of Public Health or other graduate schools at the University who have indicated a commitment to working directly to improve the lives of older people.
Congratulations, Charissa!
April 16, 2008
McCulloch and Lassig to speak at gerontology conference
Professor B. Jan McCulloch and doctoral student Sara Lassig, both from the Department of Family Social Science, are invited speakers at the Minnesota Gerontological Society’s 2008 Annual Conference “Aging and the Family . . . It’s all in the Genes!” on April 25. Their topic is Rural Issues in Caregiving.
April 11, 2008
Kremers to head GAPSA
Kristi Kremers, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration, was recently elected GAPSA President. GAPSA, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Board, works in the interests of excellence in the graduate and professional experience here at the University.
Congratulations, Kristi!
Kinesiology graduate students win poster prize
Kristen Pickett and Kuan-yi Li, Ph.D. candidates in Kinesiology, and their adviser, Juergen Konczak, won a Cognitive Science Spring Research Poster Prize at the Center of Cognitive Science's Research Day held
April 3 at the Metrodome Holiday Inn. The title of their poster is "A New Method for the Measurement of Passive Limb Motion Sensitivity."
April 09, 2008
Schriver receives MSCSA award
Carolyn Schriver, a first year master’s student in the Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology program in the Department of Educational Psychology, has just been chosen to receive the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) Advisor of the Year Award.
She received this award in honor of her work as Advisor to the Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC) Student Senate this academic year. Regarding her work Carolyn states, “The Senate has made large strides this year for the welfare of the student body at MCTC, and I have been privileged to be an integral part of this progress.” She will officially accept the award next Friday, April 18, at the MSCSA Spring General Assembly in Breezy Point, Minnesota.
Congratulations Carolyn!
April 04, 2008
Warpeha: Press, publications, and presentations
Joe Warpeha, Kinesiology Ph.D. student, has been quoted in the March 2008 issue of Men's Health magazine and the April 2008 issue of Vogue magazine regarding exercise and special training methods.
Joe has also just completed a two-year term as a columnist for the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Performance Training Journal and has published more than 20 articles in the journal since 2004. Joe will be presenting at the Northland chapter meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the Midwest regional meeting of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and the annual meeting of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists (ASEP) this spring.
Congratulations, Joe!
March 27, 2008
Trotter wins leadership and service award
Michelle Trotter, a doctoral student in Educational Psychology studying counseling and student personnel psychology, has received a 2008 President's Student Leadership and Service Award. Michelle will receive the award from President Bruininks at the awards banquet in May. Michelle is being recognized for her many valuable contributions to the University and Twin Cities communities, including her pivotal role on the Stamp Out Stigma campaign.
Congratulations, Michelle!
March 20, 2008
Kinesiology students to present at ACSM meeting
Two Ph.D. students in the School of Kinesiology have had posters accepted for presentation at the American College of Sport Medicine's Annual Meeting on May 29 in Indianapolis. Danielle Templeton's poster is titled "Bone Mineral Content in Overweight and Normal Weight Children." Michael Nelson's poster is titled "Reliability of Heart Rate Variability by Sample Entropy at Rest and During Light Exercise in Children." Both students are advisees of Associate Professor Don Dengel.
February 29, 2008
CSPP students all receive pre-doc internships
A nice note from Michael Goh, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology:
In the highly competitive national pre-doctoral internship competition for psychology doctoral students, all three doctoral students from the Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology Program (CSPP) in the Department of Educational Psychology who applied for internships were successfully matched.
Of the 3,492 internship applicants nationally, only 79% were matched to an internship site—for our Ph.D. students the match rate was 100%! Please join CSPP/Educational Psychology in congratulating these accomplished students who received internships from the following American Psychological Association-accredited sites:
- Ling-Hsuan Tung (Boston Medical Center/Boston University Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology)
- Michelle Trotter (Montana State University, Bozeman Counseling and Psychological Services)
- Kimberly Zahm (Towson University Counseling Center)
February 16, 2008
A match made in advocacy heaven!
Julia Welle, a graduate student in the School of Social Work, and Matthew Ayres, a planning analyst in the Hennepin County Office to End Homelessness, recently announced their engagement! The couple are planning a March 15 wedding at their home in Minneapolis.
Congratulations Julia and Matt!
February 14, 2008
Dubbels: press and publication
Doctoral student Brock Dubbels (Curriculum and Instruction) recently had a book chapter accepted for publication:
Dubbels, B.R. (in press) Video games, reading, and transmedial comprehension. In R. E. Ferdig (Ed.), Handbook of research on effective electronic gaming in education. Information Science Reference.
Dubbels was also quoted in an article on classroom blogging practices:
Web 2.0: 5 don't s of classroom blogging pages
Technology Horizons in Education (THE) Journal (Calif.) Feb. 2008
Congratulations Brock!
January 30, 2008
CEHD students make fall dean's list
Over 300 undergraduate students made the dean's list for fall semester. See the list.
Congratulations, students!
January 28, 2008
Quam awarded for research on GLBT aging
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Senior Associate Dean Jean Quam recently received the Generations of Love and Service Award for her research on GLBT aging. The award was presented on January 25 at the 2008 GLBT Aging Policy Summit in Minneapolis. The event was sponsored by GLBT Generations and OutFront Minnesota. In addition, Kelly Knochel, a doctoral student in the School of Social Work, presented on their joint research on MAAA planning and providing services for GLBT individuals as they age.
Congratulations, Jean!
January 25, 2008
Video features Stoffregen and students
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Professor Tom Stoffregen, doctoral students Russ Giveans and Ken Yoshida, and postdoctoral student Sebastien Villard (all in the School of Kinesiology) were featured in a story and video by Ivanhoe Broadcast News on why some people experience motion sickness while others don't.
January 15, 2008
Theede is NASPE's Student of the Year
Kiley Theede, M.Ed./initial licensure student in applied kinesiology, has been selected 2008 Student of the Year by NASPE (National Association for Sport and Physical Education). Kiley has an impressive academic record and exceptional volunteer experiences. She is a mentor at Bethune Elementary in Minneapolis and serves as an Amicus volunteer. She has volunteered for Toys for Tots, ARC of Minnesota, the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, and Hearing and Service Dogs. She attended the Global Peace and Security Summit in Minneapolis last fall and will be attending the National Convention for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance this April in Fort Worth, Texas. Elizabeth Spletzer is her adviser.
Congratulations, Kiley!
January 09, 2008
Tapestry Award for Alvarez
Silvia Alvarez, a graduate student from Guatemala, is the 2007 recipient of the University's Women of Color Tapestry Award. The annual award is granted to individuals who help create a thriving campus community where diversity is welcomed and supported. Alvarez, who moved to Minnesota with her husband and three children three years ago to pursue a master's degree in educational policy and administration, is credited with promoting the Latino culture and Spanish language by creating a bilingual radio show on RadioK.
Congratulations, Silvia!
UPDATE: Read an article from La Prensa about Silvia and the Tapestry Award: http://www.laprensademn.com/news.php?nid=599 (Spanish)
December 20, 2007
GradSEHD receives grant
Graduate Students in Education and Human Development (GradSEHD) received a Coca-Cola Academic, Community, and Campus Life grant. The group will use the funds to offer professional development workshops as part of their preconference support of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) conference in February. Congratulations GradSEHD!
December 17, 2007
Learning technologies: Recent publications
Faculty and graduate students in the learning technologies program within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction have recently published several book chapters.
Continue reading "Learning technologies: Recent publications" »
December 13, 2007
MYSRC researchers publish several articles
Kinesiology faculty members Nicole LaVoi and Diane Wiese-Bjornstal and doctoral candidate Jens Omli of the Minnesota Youth Sport Research Consortium (MYSRC), housed in the School of Kinesiology, have had three recent articles addressing the behavior of youth sport parents and coaches accepted for publication.
Continue reading "MYSRC researchers publish several articles" »
December 10, 2007
Burns wins AHA fellowship
Kevin Burns, a kinesiology doctoral student advised by Professor Don Dengel, has been awarded an American Heart Association (AHA) Pre-doctoral Fellowship Award for his project "Chronic Effects of Right Ventricular Pacing on Left Ventricular Torsion."
Only 26 percent of applications for this prestigious award receive funding. Kevin's percentile ranking was 4.3 percent, which is exceptionally high for this award. Kevin is the fourth student from the School of Kinesiology to receive the AHA award, joining Aaron Kelly (Ph.D., 2004), Tom Olson (Ph.D., 2005), and Ulf Bronas (Ph.D., 2007). Professor Dengel says, "This exceptional accomplishment speaks to the quality of our students, the research they are conducting, and the education that they are receiving."
December 07, 2007
CI students win UROP grants
Sophmore Emma Yang and senior Manu Kuffour, both in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, have been awarded UROP grants to support research on learning technologies. Both students will be exploring learning with social computing technologies as part of Dr. Christine Greenhow’s Social Networks Research Collaborative.
Congratulations to these motivated students!
November 28, 2007
Buckholz to enter leadership program
Nikki Buckholz, a senior in the Department of Family Social Science, has been selected to participate in the 2008 Tom Burnett Advanced Leadership Program. Each spring 15 University of Minnesota students are chosen to participate in the advanced leadership development program. This program features life and career mentoring, weekly leadership workshops, and in-depth assessment of each student's personality traits, potential career paths, and leadership skills, so that each one can make a difference one person at a time. Associate Professor Cathy Solheim nominated Nikki for this program.
November 16, 2007
UROP grants for Kinesiology students
Mallory Dzubay, a kinesiology senior, has been awarded a UROP grant to support her research in Professor Tom Stoffregen's Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory (APAL).
Emily Schroeder and Allison Klumpp, undergraduate students in the Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory directed by Professor Jürgen Konczak, have also both won UROP awards.
Congratulations to all three of these motivated students!
October 23, 2007
Grier, students to present at NASP convention in spring
Assistant Professor Tabitha Grier (postsecondary teaching and learning) and educational psychology doctoral students Nicole Skaar and Julia Conkel will present a paper at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) convention in February. The paper will cover their work at Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis and an alternative school in Iowa.
October 22, 2007
Kennelly to attend Diversity Business Careers Forum
Congratulations to undergraduate Aurea Kennelly, a business marketing education and human resource development double major and student worker in the College's Undergraduate Student Information Center, for being selected to attend the Diversity Business Careers Forum in Chicago, Illinois this November. The Diversity Business Careers Forum is organized by a consortium of Big 10 and other midwestern universities to introduce students to financial, banking, marketing, and consulting career opportunities. Aurea is one of just 10 students chosen to attend the Diversity Business Career Forum.
October 17, 2007
Awards for three kinesiology students
Kiley Theede, Jennifer Childers, and Lisa Hetchler, students in the School of Kinesiology, have each won a Women's Physical Education Alumnae Association Award for their high level of scholarship and potential toward their applied kinesiology M.Ed. degrees in the initial teacher licensure program in K-12 physical education. Congratulations!
October 03, 2007
Dubbels speaks at Games in Education symposium
Doctoral student Brock Dubbels (Curriculum and Instruction) was an invited speaker at the Games in Education symposium this summer. The conference, held on July 23 in Troy, New York, focused on the use of video games in education.
September 28, 2007
Leon, Carlson contribute chapters on healthy retirement
Professor Arthur S. Leon (Kinesiology) [pictured right] and master's student Luke Carlson have contributed chapters to a new book, Mapping Your Retirement: A Personal Guide to Maintaining Your Health, Managing Your Money, and Living Well, edited by Mark Skei and Janet Skei. Arthur's chapter is titled "Eating for Life" and Luke's chapter is titled "Keeping Strong, Fit, and Active." Both appear in the book's section "Maintaining Your Health." Amy Lindgren, business columnist for the Pioneer Press, mentioned the book in her column on Sunday, September 30.
September 19, 2007
Spading wins second Buuck scholarship
Corrine Spading, an undergraduate in the Institute of Child Development, was one of five University students recently awarded a Robert and Gail Buuck Scholarship. The scholarship provides access to higher education, opportunities for enhancing or supporting learning, and support for self-advocacy and leadership to students with disabilities.
This is the second time Corrine has won this scholarship. She's currently pursuing a bachelor of arts in child psychology, and her career goal is to become a child life specialist working between doctors and young patients to promote the best experience possible. This coming semester she will be studying abroad in the Mediterranean.
Congratulations, Corrine!
September 17, 2007
Guide to legislative change for parents with disabilities
Associate Professor Liz Lightfoot, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare Director Traci LaLiberte, and doctoral student Katharine Hill (all in the School of Social Work) recently published the "Guide for legislative change: Disability in the termination of parental rights and other child custody statutes" (PDF file). Four states are currently using this guide for changing legislation regarding parents with disabilities, and several national organizations have put this issue into their national agendas. For more information on this project, please see the project Web page.
September 07, 2007
Edleson: Recent publications
Jeffrey Edleson, professor in the School of Social Work and director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, recently had two articles accepted for publication, one of which was co-authored by Ph.D. student Narae Shin and master's student Katy Kim Johnson.
September 06, 2007
Moon published in Educational Gerontology
Ph.D. student Rajean Moon (Social Work) just had his first sole authorship article accepted for publication in Educational Gerontology, with no edits to boot. Congratulations Rajean!
September 05, 2007
Winners of 2007 ICI Awards
The Institute on Community Integration (ICI) Personnel Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the ICI 2007 annual awards:
- Future Leader Awards – Kathie Coucouvanis and Jennifer Hall-Lande
- Excellence and Community Building Award – Shawn Lawler
These awards are given to ICI students and employees who have demonstrated a commitment to carrying out the mission of ICI within ICI, CEHD, and the community. Kathie, Jennifer, and Shawn have shown exceptional leadership in this area and will be honored at the upcoming ICI Fall Kickoff on November 28, 2007. Congratulations Kathie, Jen, and Shawn!
August 22, 2007
Russell, Harper publishing and presenting
Associate Professor Keith Russell (Kinesiology) and Ph.D. student Nevin Harper recently published an article in Child and Youthcare Forum (with Nevin as lead author) titled "Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions: An exploratory case study of adolescent wilderness therapy, family functioning, and maintenance of change." Keith has also had a paper accepted by the Journal of Groups in Addictions and Recovery titled "Adolescent substance abuse treatment: Service delivery, research on effectiveness, and emerging treatment alternatives."
In addition, Keith just returned from the 2007 American Psychological Association Convention in San Francisco where he presented a paper titled "Stages of change and its relation to substance use frequency outcome in outdoor behavioral healthcare."
August 10, 2007
Pickett and Konczak selected for conference publication
Kinesiology Ph.D. student Kristen Pickett and her adviser Professor Jürgen Konczak submitted an abstract, "Passive motion sensitivity in late childhood and adolescence," for the Society for Neuroscience’s 2007 Annual Meeting. Their abstract was among 700 selected from over 16,000 submissions to be included in the Neuroscience 2007 Press Book. Hundreds of members of the national and international media receive th book before attending the annual meeting, to be held November 3-7 in San Diego.
August 01, 2007
Veletsianos: Recent publication
George Veletsianos, curriculum and instruction Ph.D. student, recently published the following article.
July 30, 2007
Trembly, program to air on TPT
For those of you who missed it back in March, you now have a second chance to view "Pets Caught in the Crossfire of Family Violence," a program that was taped at "Building a Bridge of Hope: Interdisciplinary Conference on Family Violence and Animal Abuse." The conference, a joint effort between the University's College of Veterinary Medicine, Partners for Violence Prevention, the American Humane Association, and Minnesota's Department of Human Services, was co-chaired by none other than our own Holli Trombley, a graduate student in the Department of Family Social Science. Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) will air "Pets" on August 4 at 8pm. TPT is on channel 17.
July 25, 2007
Third award for Tuicomepee
Arunya Tuicomepee, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Educational Psychology, has just received a third award to be presented at the American Psychological Association convention in August. This latest award is the Division 17 Graduate Student Award. Arunya has also been awarded the Division 52 Graduate Student Research Award and the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs' Outstanding Graduate Student Award. As her adviser Professor John Romano notes, "Arunya obviously is very deserving of these recognitions."
Congratulations Arunya!
June 14, 2007
Fellowships for two SSW students
Kelly Knochel and Charissa Eaton, both second-year doctoral students in the School of Social Work, were recently awarded Hartford Pre-Doctoral Fellowships. The fellowships support students who are interested in gerontological social work research. Students receive travel funds to aging-relevant conferences, attend pre-conference institutes that enhance grant writing and research skills, and have the opportunity to meet with key scholars in the field of gerontology.
June 11, 2007
Thesis award for Elmeski
Mohammed Elmeski (Ph.D. student, EdPA) has been selected for the Master's Thesis Award given by the English department at Saint Cloud State University.
Moravec presents at international conference
John Moravec (Ph.D. student, EdPA) presented a paper entitled “The Leapfrog Principle: A strategy for global leadership in teacher education” at an international conference on teacher education, hosted by Anqing Teachers College (Anhui province, China), the China National Association of Teacher Educators, and the International Council for Education Development.
WPLC announces 2007 awards
Several members of the College community received awards from the Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle (WPLC) this year:
- Faculty/Staff award: Michelle Everson, Educational Psychology
- Graduate student awards: Eva Lynn Boehm, Curriculum and Instruction; Julia Conkel, Educational Psychology; Kaoru Kinoshita, Educational Policy and Administration; and Kyoung-Ah Nam, Educational Policy and Administration.
- Rising Sta