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Research Highlights
College of Human Development and Education Research

  • April Research Update:

    Carlie Ames (graduate student in HNES), Gary Liguori, and Arupendra Mozumdar have received notification from the American Dietetic Association that their submission 'Lifestyle Changes For Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk In Women: A North Dakota Goes Red For Women Study' has been accepted as an Original Contribution/Oral Presentation at the upcoming Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

    Gary Liguori has been invited to serve as an external reviewer for the soon-to-be published American College of Sports Medicine Wellcoaches Manual.

    Chuck Fountaine, Gary Liguori, and Arupendra Mozumdar presented a poster entitled "Semester Differences in Body Weight, Physical Activity, and Screen Time" at the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education,Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention and Exposition in Fort Worth, TX.

    Brenda Hall and Dr. Kimberly Vess Halbur facilitated a Roundtable Discussion of the Role of the Pharmacist in addressing Intimate Partner (Domestic) Violence at the North Dakota Pharmacists Association in Bismarck on April 25. A foundation for this presentation was Hall’s book chapter entitled “The Culture of Domestic Violence” which was recently published in Essentials of Cultural Competence in Pharmacy Practice by Halbur, KV & Halbur, DA. Additionally Hall and Vess Halbur received an instructional grant to develop a domestic violence training and screening protocol for pharmacy students and pharmacists.

On Aug. 8, 2008, Ann Braaten will present "Women Creating, Women Providing: A Look at the Hastings Needlework Company, 1888 - 1922" at the LeDuc Historic Estate, Hastings, Minnesota. Her presentation will help introduce "Modern Interpretations of Historic Designs,"a juried competition for needle workers and crafters based on a selection of Hastings Needlework patterns. It is sponsored by the Dakota County Historical Society. The patterns and competition rules will be available at www.dakotahistory.org beginning June 1, 2008.

Mark Schmidt along with co-authors Charles Okigbo and Matthew Attansey recently published: Preparing PR Students for the Brave New World: Students' Perceptions of Problem-Based Learning in the Public Relations Quarterly.

Gloria Dohman, Ph. D. Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, ND State College of Science and Mark Schmidt presented “Analysis and Use of Evidence of Student Learning: Community College Faculty Perspectives” at the 113th Annual Meeting of the Higher Learning Commission April 12-14th in Chicago, IL. Dr. Dohman is a 2007 graduate of the School of Education's Institutional Analysis doctoral program.

Bryan Christensen and Jeremiah Moen (graduate student) presented "Plyometric guidelines and applications for training and conditioning" at the Central District Association of the American Alliance for Health,Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) meeting in Omaha,Nebraska.

Bryan Christensen reviewed a manuscript titled “Assessment of post rehabilitation ACL reconstructed knees” for the Research in Sports Medicine journal.

Bryan Christensen, Jeremiah Moen (graduate student), Cliff Edberg (undergraduate exercise science major), and Tyler Appel (undergraduate exercise science major) presented "Functional training philosophy, training tools, and exercises" at the Central District Association of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.

Jill Nelson and counseling program alumna Sarah Kjos wrote a book called,"Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences: Strategies to Foster Resilience.” It is published by the Search Institute and will be available in June. Information about the book can be found at http://www.helping-teens.org.

Jill Nelson had a book chapter, "Aging Adults”, published in Halbur, K. V. & Halbur, D. A. (Eds.). Essentials of Cultural Competency in Pharmacy Practice. Washington, DC: American Pharmacy Association.

Jill Nelson and her research colleagues, Kim Desmond (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) and Clarrice Rapisarda (University of North Carolina - Charlotte) had a poster session at the American Counseling Association conference in Honolulu, HI. The poster was called “A qualitative study of supervisee development: Implications for the profession.”

Ardith Brunt and Yeong Rhee have a paper in press concerning dietary intake and other lifestyle behaviors in US college students based on living arrangements. This will be published in Appetite in late fall.

The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University has selected Dr. Brent Young as one of three recipients of the 2007 Williams Outstanding Dissertation Award. This is the second time Dr. Young’s dissertation titled “Effects of Math-Enhanced Curriculum and Instructional Approach on the Performance of Secondary Education Students Enrolled in a Year-Long Agricultural Power and Technology Course: An Experimental Study” has been honored. Last spring Dr. Young received the Alan A. Kahler Outstanding Dissertation Award presented by the American Association for Agricultural Education.

Stacy Duffield and Mari Borr, Teacher Education, presented at the American Education Research Association annual meeting in New York on March 27, 2008.Their paper presentation was titled, "Engineering Technology Pathways.”

The NDSU Graduate School has announced the 2007-08 winners of the Teaching and Research Awards. These awards are presented annually in partnership with the college, which can select a winner in the areas of teaching and research. According to David Wittrock, Dean of the Graduate school, “These awards are an effort to recognize the outstanding contributions that graduate students make both in the classroom and in research laboratories.” In recognition of the graduate students’ accomplishments, each student receives a cash award of $1,000. The teaching award recipient was Nicole Graves and the research award recipient was Jane Strommen.

Several of our HNES faculty recently presented at the NDNC/NDDA Conference in Grand Forks. Carlie Ames presented a poster entitled “Lifestyle changes for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women”. Ardith Brunt presented “Does Increasing Age Improve Current Dietary Variety?” Julie Garden-Robinson presented “Teens Serving Food Safely “, “Eat Smart. Play Hard: Using Role Models to Teach Healthy Behaviors” and “Men and Nutrition: Preliminary Survey Results”. Sherri Nordstrom Stastny presented “Assessing Preferred Method of Learning for University Studies Using a Whole Grain Lesson in the Classroom”.

Featured Research Project for May:

Research Results and Recommendations from "Generational Differences of Volunteers in North Dakota Communities" Survey by Rachelle Vettern, Extension 4-H, Tom Hall and Mark Schmidt, School of Education

Recent Featured Research Projects:

Current Research (2006-2007) in the College of Human Development and Education

Research (2005-2006, 2004-2005, 2003-2004, 2001- 2002, 2000-2001) in the College of Human Development and Education

 


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