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Realizing that one of the most joyful blessings God has given me is great and generous mentors throughout my life, I have a strong desire to mentor students through scholarly work.  However, here at Vanguard University, the Early Childhood Program is fully online and at an undergraduate level, so it is somewhat challenging to conduct…Read More

This conference was originally designed to be a one-day meeting in New York City.  Due to Covid-19, it developed into an 8-plus hour meeting spread over two weekends and the two-week break in-between. There were around seventy participants from all over the country.  Chloe Chapin from Harvard, Christianne Meyers, and Sydney were the major organizers of…Read More

On October 22-24, 2019, I, and three colleagues from VU’s Graduate Programs in Education, Dr. Terrelle Sales, Dr. Jennifer Jagerson, and Dr. Rebecca Spady, attended the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) conference in San Diego, California. The CCTE’s focus of the conference was to address a growing need in the field of teacher education…Read More

On November 25, 2019, I had the privilege of presenting a paper titled “The Academy, Imagination Formation, and Social Media” at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting. Held jointly with the Annual Meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature, each this conference brings together over 10,000 scholars and practitioners in the field of…Read More

I had the privilege of representing Vanguard University at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society held this year in San Diego, CA, November 20-22. The venue for this year’s meeting was the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Almost immediately after checking in, I took this picture of the evening view from the room. Then, I…Read More

With the aid of travel funds approved and provided by the Professional Development Committee, I had the opportunity attend the 105th annual convention of the National Communication Association held in Baltimore, MD from November 14 – 17, 2019. The conference was intellectually stimulating and professionally enriching. The National Communication Association is the national professional organization…Read More

I attended both the Religious Communication Association’s (RCA) national convention and the National Communication Association’s (NCA) national convention in Baltimore, MD from November 13-18, 2019.  I have been a member of both organizations since 1984 and have enjoyed presenting papers, chairing and responding to panels, as I did this year, together with learning from fellow…Read More

The Annual Meeting and Expo for Public Health, sponsored by the American Public Health Association (APHA), occurred the week of November 2 through November 6, 2019, at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. Over 13,000 people attended, which included university faculty, health organizations, nurse educators, and so forth, from around the world. The APHA…Read More

This past week I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the CCCU Diversity Conference at George Fox University in Newberg, OR. This was my first time attending a conference that wasn’t discipline-specific, and I very much enjoyed being able to hear from speakers who work in a variety of disciplines and roles in…Read More

In mid-October, fall colors abounded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. And there were lots of Constructivist educators – students, classroom teachers, administrators, higher education faculty and administrators, researchers – in all grade levels traveling from all over the US to enjoy action-research presentations in various topics at the annual conference…Read More

This past summer, I was privileged to attend the American Psychological Associations’ annual Convention in Chicago. I presented my research paper at the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology poster session. Attendees were eager to share how the work environment impacted their home life. While they largely shared the negative impact that work had on their homes,…Read More

I recently attended Costume College, a 3-day event for costumers.  Costume College is comprised of lectures open to everyone and hands-on limited attendance classes. I attended 7 lectures, 3 limited attendance classes, and was the presenter for 2 limited attendance sessions.  People come from all over the world to attend Costume College.  Marion Boyce, the…Read More

During the week of September 7-10th 2019, I was blessed to be selected and participate in a National Science Foundation for new and young principal investigators across the country! The workshop was held at the National Science Foundation headquarters in Alexandria, VA. Per the website: The goal of the workshop is to provide young investigators…Read More

What a wonderful season it has been experiencing all the beginning-of-the-year events. This year, we held our annual faculty gathering – and also added some new events to the mix to support our new and emerging faculty members. FACULTY GATHERING Our annual faculty gathering was held on August 20-21. The event kicked off with addresses…Read More