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I had the privilege this summer (June 28–30) of representing Vanguard University at an international gathering of biblical scholars and theologians at the Tyndale House in Cambridge, England. In this blog, I’ll reflect a bit upon: my sightseeing in Cambridge, the Tyndale House venue, the theme of this year’s Tyndale Fellowship conference, my presentation at…Read More

I remember the first time I visited Vanguard’s campus on a Friday. I taught on a Tuesday/Thursday schedule my first semester and had never been on campus at the end of the week. It was a ghost town. I was showing a prospective student around the school and realized there was not much for her…Read More

I attended the 46th annual conference of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) last March (9-11). The SPS is an international society of scholars dedicated to research in some aspect of Pentecostal or Charismatic Movements. The meeting this year was held in St. Louis. The overarching theme was “Pentecostalism and Culture.” THE HISTORIC DIVIDE This meeting…Read More

WALI and NASPSPA,  June 2017 June is the month of conferences for me. The purpose of The North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)  is to develop and advance the study of Motor Behavior (development, learning, and control) and Sport and Exercise Psychology. This is one of the key organizations…Read More

This year’s faculty gathering centered on the theme of becoming. Naomi Kasa and I had attended the 2017 Lilly Conference in Anaheim, where Stephen Brookfield had given a talk on The Five Forms of Becoming a Teacher. The idea of using his frames as a theme for this year’s gathering resonated with the faculty development…Read More

I am currently involved in a three year “Art of Spiritual Direction” program with the Sisters of St. Joseph in Orange in connection with Loyola Marymount University. After completing my second year, I am about to begin my internship and will soon be meeting with directees. As I embark upon this active segment of the…Read More

I attended and presented at the annual Christian Society of Kinesiology, Leisure, and Sport Studies conference hosted by Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN from June 7-9, 2017. Christian Higher Education Professors attended from many universities both from the United States and Canada.  This year’s major emphasis was on Sport and Ministry in our field.  The two…Read More

I once again had the privilege of presenting at the Christianity and Literature Conference at the end of the school year. From May 11 to 13, 2017, Christian scholars of literature met on Point Loma’s beautiful oceanfront campus to discuss many different liminal spaces–both the literal boundaries that divide (whether cultural, disciplinary, political, or other…Read More

More than 12,000 education researchers descended on San Antonio for the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Philip Newlin, Research Analyst for the Academic Writing and Research Office, Office of Institutional Research, and Global Center for Women and Justice and I presented our paper, The Impact of Supplemental Instruction on At-Risk STEM…Read More

Well, maybe not so much of a “storm,” it was more of an invited visit. The March 30th California Education Deans Meeting – Legislative Roundtable and the Spring  2017 Conference of the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) were held this year in Sacramento and the conference was coined SPAN – Spring Policy Action Network.…Read More

I had the opportunity to attend the Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE) conference in Dana Point, May 1-4.  I was especially thrilled this was held locally since NPACE is usually held on the East Coast, so I have never attended before. The conference provided clinical information and updates that I am able to…Read More

While attending the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in Atlanta, GA, Dr. Maureen Gormley, Director for Management of the National Institutes of Health offered some insights into Healthy Work Environments. Nurses face several challenges in overcoming gender stigma related to historically being a female dominated profession in addition to negotiating authority struggles related to…Read More

I’m pleased to share with you about my experience attending the Academy of Religious Leadership (ARL) conference this April in Chicago. Toward the end of this post, I’ll identify what may be most relevant to faculty, and I’ll pose an invitation to our community. The ARL, established with funding from the Lilly Foundation in 2006,…Read More

The topic of the opening conference plenary that Dr. Callis and I attended at the Master’s Education Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, was “Driving Quality Improvement in Today’s Health System.”  The speaker, Margarita Baggett, is the Chief Clinical Officer at UC, San Diego.  She reinforced that the complexity of today’s health care practice environments require nurse…Read More

When you get your hands on the Teachers College Record, a prominent research journal about learning and education (#17 on the most accessed Education journal according to Google metrics), the last keywords that you expect to see are: Jesus and Christianity. That is until, I came across an article by Kevin Burke and Avner Segall (2015): Teaching…Read More