Eduardo Contreras, Jr., international languages and cultures, presented “Legitimizing Exclusivity in Education Abroad: Roots of Selectivity in U.S. Undergraduate Study Abroad, 1950s–1970,” at the AERA Annual Meeting and Symposium: Historical Perspectives on Critical Internationalization, San Antonio, TX : April 29, 2017.
On April 2-5, Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry, and two of her students attended the national American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco. Coyla Munson presented “Thermal stability of which turnip peroxidase in the presence of calcium chloride and ethylene glycol”, Rebecca Wetzel presented “Antibiotic and hyaluronidase-inhibiting fractions from the Rhododendron flower”, and Hoffman presented “Actinomycete antibiotic compounds from soil bacteria at an ancient Roman site.”
Mead Hunter, performing and fine arts, was recently at South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Playwrights Festival in Costa Mesa, California, where he served as dramaturg on Pulitzer-nominated playwright Amy Freed’s new play Shrew!, a feminist adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
Nicole Hanig, performing and fine arts, and Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, were recently awarded a grant by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities to produce a concert of original sacred art songs and poetry entitled “Women of the Book: A Concert With Words,” to be presented in Spring 2018.
Ted Eckmann, environmental science, presented “Identifying Sources of Industrial Odors Using Winds and Spatial Monitoring” (with student co-presenters Logan Simpson, Joe Walker, and Samantha Wright) at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers: April 5-9, 2017. Boston, MA. He also presented “Analyzing Concentrations of Airborne Carcinogens in Portland, Oregon” (with student co-presenters Logan Simpson and Joe Walker.
Kimberly Ilosvay, education, presented “Elementary school students’ stories about identity negotiation in their literacy classrooms: An interview-based study” (with Jeff Kerssen-Griep) at the American Education Research Association, San Antonio, TX, May 2017.
Kevin Jones, sociology and social work, presented “Applying and disseminating an ethical decision-making framework for youth mentoring programs” (with student co-presenter Sarah Cook) at the International Mentoring Association Conference, Wilmington, NC, April 2017.
Nicole Ralston, education, presented “Raising community literacy using a collaborative intervention model” (with co-presenter Jacqueline Waggoner and student co-presenters Zuly Naegele and Rebecca Smith) and “Professional learning that empowers teachers with choice: A conference approach” at a roundtable session at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, May 2017.