Several College of Human Development and Education faculty members and students gave presentations and had research published.
Rebecca Woods, assistant professor of human development and family sciences, was interviewed for an article titled “Baby Talk: Step Right Up” published in the October issue of the WebMD magazine. She also was interviewed about her 2013 article in Developmental Psychology, “Posture support improves object individuation in infants” by a reporter from Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany's largest daily newspaper with a circulation of about 420,000.
Lyn DeLorme, Distance and Continuing Education instructional designer, recently presented at the 2014 Annual Conference of the American Indigenous Research Association. In her presentation, titled, "Quilting a Journey: Decolonizing Instructional Design," DeLorme discussed how she utilized autoethnography to identify culturally relevant instructional design practices.
Jeongdoo Park, assistant professor of apparel, design and hospitality management, had a manuscript, “Consequences of Greenwashing: Consumers’ Reactions to Hotels’ Green Initiatives” accepted for publication in International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, and a conference paper, “Common Method Bias in Hospitality Business Research: A Critical Review of the Literature and an Empirical Study” accepted for a presentation at the Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism in Tampa, Florida. Both papers were co-written with colleagues at Washington State University.
Beth Blodgett Salafia, associate professor of human development and family sciences, and former graduate student Mallary Schaefer had an article accepted for publication in Eating Behaviors. The article, “The connection of teasing by parents, siblings, and peers with girls’ body dissatisfaction and boys’ drive for muscularity: The role of social comparison as a mediator,” will appear in the December edition of the journal.
Graduate student Ronald Buck and Brad Strand, professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, had a paper, “Dance: The connection between body and mind,” published in the Louisiana AHPERD Journal.
Counselor Education faculty members Brenda Hall, professor; Jim Korcuska and Jill Nelson, associate professors, and seven doctoral students in counselor education and supervision attended the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision in St. Louis, Oct. 23-25. Presentations were:
- “Integrating Relational Cultural Theory into Group Counselor Training” by Irene Harper, Brenda Hall and James Korcuska;
- “Addressing Shame and Shame Resilience: Helping Students Overcome Perfectionism” by Jill R. Nelson and Amber B. Gorman;
- “Integrating Relational Cultural Theory into Counselor Education, Supervision and Practice” by Natalie Leer, Brenda Hall and Jessica Brown;
- “Implementing Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Trauma in Schools” by Amy Nathe and Julie Smith;
- “Going to the Dogs: At-Risk Youth's Experiences of Canine Animal Assisted Therapy” by Amber Bach-Gorman;
- “Integrating Principles of RCT into Chemical Dependent Treatment for Males” by Jessica Brown Brenda Hall, and Natalie Leer; and
- “Wellness Achievement and Practice for Graduate Students” by Kadie-Ann Caballero-Dennis and Irene Harper.
These abstracts were published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and presented at the national meeting in Atlanta during October:
- “Added sugars in foods: Identification and education to consumers,” by Sherri Stastny, associate professor, and doctoral student Jill Keith
- “Life skills at a tribal college: addressing college retention and self-efficacy for healthy choices for American Indian college students,” by doctoral student Jill Keith, Sherri Stastny, associate professor, and Ardity Brunt, associate professor
- “Dietary intake trends of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium over 12 years,” by Ardith Brunt, associate professor; Yeong Rhee, professor; Paul Fisk, master’s degree graduate; and Michelle Caldarone, master’s degree student.
Elizabeth Hilliard, assistant professor of practice, attended the Dietetic Internship Fair to recruit students for the dietetic education Program. This year, 20 dietetic students also attended the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo.
Extension agent Monique Snelgrove; Dean Aakre, Extension specialist in the Center for 4-H Youth Development; Ellen Crawford, Ag Communication information specialist; and David Haasser, Ag Communication graphic designer, were recognized with the Educational Package -Team Communicator Award at the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents conference in Minneapolis. The award was given for the development of the North Dakota Cloverbud resources including lessons, leaders guide, parent brochure and webpage.
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