Professional Development Grant Reports

2006-2007
David Bell- ATE Summer Workshop
Glen Bishop- National Recreation and Park Association Congress
Elisabeth Brennan- Publication of Wildlife Monograph
Elisabeth Brennan- Army Corps of Engineer Wetland Delineation Training
Daniel Bullock- International Seminar on Teaching Nanoscience with Scanning Probe Microscopy
Daniel Bullock- Making Introduction to Physical Science Relevant to Liberal Arts Majors
Loretta Cochran- Faculty Conference on Learning:  Building Towards Success
Kevin Costley- Child Obesity:  A Heavy Problem
Peter Dykema- Parish Priests in Late Medieval Germany
Ernest Enchelmayer- Rhetoric across Religions:  Communication via Rods and Snakes
Ernest Enchelmayer- Women of Rhetoric
Paola Gemme- Americans on Italy, Italians on America
Andrew Geyer- Meeting the Dead
Nina Goza- The Teaching Professor Conference
Wilson J. Gonzalez-Espada- Improving the College Introductory Astronomy Survey Course for Non-Majors
Mary Gunter- Navigating a Course to Get the Right People on the Bus for Leadership Preparation
Ruth Harrison- Presentation of Poe's Israfel
Timothy Howe- Using Podcasts and Sibelius Scorch to Improve Musical Skills, Musical Rehearsals, 
     Improvisation, and Ensemble Performance
Chang Huh- Professional Certification for Hospitality Educator (CHE)
Sean Huss, Terri Earnest, & Marti Wilkerson- Understanding Crystal Methamphetamine Use:
     Community Impact and Interventions for Vulnerable Populations (Phase II)
John Jackson- Management Implications of Angler Motivations and Preferences for Urban Fisheries
Shelia Jackson- Evolution of Sport:  Dynamical Systems Perspective
Slavica Kodish- Conference Presentations
Adam Lowther- The Nature of War
Cathi McMahan- Dementia Day Camp IV
Johnette Moody- Computer Forensics Training
Jackie Paxton- Arkansas State Council for Exceptional Children Conference
Jackie Paxton- Fun Ways to Increase Children's Attention Span
Trey Philpotts- Chair of Panel at 12th Annual Dickens Symposium
Byra Ramsey- Comparing Online Graduate Results to Face-to-Face Graduate Results
Sarah Robison- IBM Academic Initiative Summer School
V. Carole Smith- The Sociopolitical Context of Licensure/Certification for Middle Level:  A Case Study
     of One Mid-South State
Kim Troboy- Project Management Institute Seminar
Jason Ulsperger- Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology 2006 Annual Conference
Jason Ulsperger- Oral History Project for SOC 3173 (Social Gerontology)
James Robert Walton- AACSB World Class Practices in Management Education Conference
Tsunemi Yamashita- Population Genetics of the Striped Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus):  Expanding
     Previous Studies and Identifying New Genetic Markers

2005-2006
David Bell & Byra Ramsey- Maximize Teaching & Learning Opportunities for All Children
Nancy Bishop- Matthew's Masterstroke
Ernest Enchelmayer- Recovering Rhetorica
Andrew Geyer- Lesser Mountains
Wilson J. Gonzalez-Espada- Professional Training:  Using Research-Based Curricula in Physics
     Instruction (Chautauqua Courses)
Sean Huss, Terri Earnest, & Marti Wilkerson- Understanding Crystal Methamphetamine Use:
     Community Impact and Interventions for Vulnerable Populations
Stephen Clark Jones- Research on Romanian Entrepreneurship
Seok Kang & Hanna Norton- Colleges and Universities' Use of the World Wide Web:  A Public
     Relations Tool for School Excellence for the Digital Age
Seok Kang- Disembodiment in Online Social Interaction:  Impact of Online Chat on Social Support and
     Psychosocial Well-Being
Seok Kang- From Analog to Digital:  Broadcast Curricula in Colleges and Universities of Six Continents
     in the 21st Century
Seok Kang- Impact of Television News on Public Opinion about the Iraq War:  An Assessment of
     Second-Level Agenda Setting and Framing
Seok Kang & Hyuhn-Suhck Bae- The Influence of Entertainment-Education Program Viewing on
     Cornea Donation Intention:  A Test of Theory of Planned Behavior
Slavica Kodish- Conference Presentations
Philip Parker- Composer in Residence
Jackie Paxton & Teresa Shoemake- Positive Teacher-Parent Communication and Its Importance in
     Student Achievement
Trey Philpotts- Dickens on Intellectual & Mechanical Property Rights
Byra Ramsey, David Bell, Kevin Costley, Timothy Leggett & Sammie Stephenson- Stress in
     Teaching:  Myths and Methods for Reducing Stress
Sarah Robison- IBM Academic Initiative Summer School '06
V. Carole Smith- Components of the Middle Level Education Concept that are Implemented in
     Arkansas Middle Level Schools
Micheal Tarver- Understanding Contemporary Latin America
Connie Zimmer- Arkansas Association of Instructional Media Conference