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I attended and gave a presentation with Dr. Jinhee Kim (Kennesaw State University) at the largest early childhood education conference in the world, the 2017 NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA. The title of the presentation was “Meaningful Intergenerational (IG) Activities in Early Childhood Classrooms.”  Acknowledgement of…Read More

PRESIDENT BRAIN (Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference Meeting) I, along with four other students, Rhys Carpenter, Megan Jeske, Carla Keith, and Liana Rizkalla, traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the 47th annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference. SfN is the world’s largest organization of scientists devoted to understanding the brain and the nervous system. This…Read More

This past September, I had the honor of attending the Diaspora Peoples of Europe (DPE) consultation in Athens, Greece. This consultation is hosted by an organization called Vision 5:9. Vision 5:9 derives its name from Revelation 5:9, in which Jesus is being worshiped by people from every tribe and language and people and nation. This…Read More

I’m pleased to share my experience attending the 71st University of Film and Video Association (UFVA) Conference held at California State University-Los Angeles in August, 2017.  I had known about this conference for many years, but it was my first time in attendance.  The UFVA Conference hosted around 800 Film and Media Professors from all…Read More

I attended The Pacific Sociological Association’s 88th Meeting in Portland, Oregon from April 6 to April 9. This was a particularly exciting year for me for two reasons: This was my 10th year of attendance (yay for made-up anniversaries!) AND my graduate school mentor Karen Pyke served as president. Karen’s concern for disadvantaged populations is…Read More

Costume College, hosted by Costumer’s Guild West, is an annual event attracting attendees and teachers from around the globe.  This year’s theme was “The 60’s—Vintage Daydreams”.  I attended the event for three days.  During this time I attended presentations, took classes, presented, and taught two classes. I attended presentations on the social significance of the…Read More

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