The 27th annual Faculty Research Symposium is coming up next week, on Thursday, Feb. 3. The Symposium will begin in Frost Lecture Hall at 3:30 p.m., then move into classrooms in Adams Hall, starting at 4:30.
The symposium is a celebration of faculty creativity and scholarship. This year, a total of 12 鈥橞erg faculty members will present recent and ongoing research. Some of the presentations will also feature students and faculty from other universities. The ultimate goal of the symposium is to give students a sense of what a professional presentation looks like and to demonstrate techniques they can apply to their own presentations. And, of course, the symposium also serves as a forum for faculty members to share their research and scholarly interests with the campus community.
Here鈥檚 the line-up for the event:
It Takes a Village: Bridging the Gaps for Youth Impacted by Incarceration
3:30-4:20 p.m. in Frost Lecture Hall
鈥淚t Takes a Village鈥 is a community roundtable led by Dr. Sarah R. Lazzari, Dr. Nichole Griffin, Dr. Stacey Pistorova and Dr. DoHee Kim-Appel. Attending community members include stakeholders from the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, the Seneca County Youth Center, Seneca鈥檚 court services and probation and Tiffin City Schools.
鈥淥ur interdisciplinary faculty team would like to facilitate a roundtable discussion to: bring greater awareness to the challenges and needs of students and parents dealing with incarceration; examine extant programs for children of incarcerated parents, as well as parents in Seneca county; explore the programs available that help deter justice involved youth from subsequent incarcerations; evaluate how community members - particularly faculty and students at 海外吃瓜 - might best be able to engage in, enhance, extend or develop programs for that population of our community.鈥
Historical Trauma Theory: Implications for Clinical Practice
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 101
Dr. DoHee Kim-Appel will discuss how clinicians can incorporate Historical Trauma Theory in their work, in order to build a view of the cultural trauma that may be impacting a patient. Mass trauma, such as slavery, genocide or war, ripples across time and can impact generations. DoHee will address this historical trauma in the context of counseling and family systems theory.
The Gun Debate in Criminology
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 104
Dr. Aaron Sell will discuss the role that criminologists can play in the gun debate, and where the debate has grown beyond the reach of data. In spite of these emotional, moral questions, scientists can point towards the question that we should be asking in this debate 鈥 but we won鈥檛 spoil it for you!
Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Classroom: Developing Cultural Self-Efficacy through Experiential Learning
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 201
Dr. Lisa Kahle-Piasecki, Patricia Esther Alonso -Galicia and Dante Benito Castro -Solano will discuss the results of an educational exercise between universities in Mexico and the United States, to help promote cross-cultural understanding of business dynamics in the classroom. This research was just presented at a San Diego conference in January.
鈥淪tudents were paired with a peer from the class in the opposite country for one semester in a series of meetings. To determine cultural self-efficacy, a survey was administered before the pairing and then towards the end of the semester.鈥
Pedagogical Development of Novice Faculty
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 204
Dr. Ryan Musgrave will present his long-term research on onboarding methodologies, particularly addressing the shift from working as a clinician, to working as a faculty member at a university. He will discuss what has and has not worked, based on research involving faculty members of varying ages and experience levels. While his study targets athletic training faculty, Ryan鈥檚 research applies to anyone looking to improve their onboarding experience at their company or their next job.
The Retrenchers: Obama, Trump, & Biden vis-脿-vis the Middle East
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 404
Dr. Marc O鈥橰eilly will dive into the similarities between Obama, Trump and Biden, particularly concerning their involvement and strategies with the Middle East conflict. Marc will discuss why there is continuity and 鈥渞etrenching鈥 in the States鈥 work with the Middle East, in spite of the vast differences in values and personality in the last three administrations.
Loneliness: COVID-19 vs. Incarceration
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 101
Dr. Sarah R Lazzari and her team of students, Kendall L. Wright, Brooke Franz, Shawn McWeeney, Alex Russell and Alexa Hawk, will discuss the research they have done in the past year over how previous incarceration impacted a person鈥檚 mental health during the COVID-19 quarantine. Incarcerated people are often given the opportunity to participate in programs that are meant to encourage their mental health in times like the quarantine at the beginning of the pandemic. However, the team鈥檚 findings on what previously incarcerated individuals found helpful may not be what you expect!
The Potential Impact of Merging Traditional Undergraduates and Adult Learners in Heutagogical Online Learning
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 104
Dr. Trish Berg and Melanie Peddicord will discuss the methodology for combining the classrooms of traditional undergraduate students and adult learners. During Trish鈥檚 time at Walsh University, these two very different demographics were taught in very different ways; however, due to the new era of online learning that the COVID pandemic has created, these two demographics were often combined. They will address how to teach these different types of students in the same classroom.
Assessing Nature's Kidneys to Protect Our Great Lakes: We'urine Deep
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 201
Jakob Boehler will address the role that 海外吃瓜鈥檚 National Center for Water Quality Research has been playing in Gov. DeWine鈥檚 project, H2Ohio, which seeks to address water quality issues in the state. The NCWQR will be assessing more than a dozen newly installed wetlands over the next 10 years, which function as Nature鈥檚 Kidneys (and Defenders of Lake Erie.)
Who is Winning the Performance-Enhancing Drug Race at the Olympic Games?
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 204 (Dr. Aaron Roerdink)
Medicine, Folk Remedies, and 鈥楽nake Oil鈥 in James Joyce鈥檚 Ulysses
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 404
Dr. Barry Devine will present his research on the presentation and the perception of medicine in James Joyce鈥檚 Ulysses. Protagonist Leopold Bloom has strong opinions on the medical quackery of 1904, as anyone would in an era where true science is barely distinguishable from snake oil bottled up to make a buck.