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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

I attended the 2017 annual California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) Conference & Expo held in Ontario, CA from March 23 – 26, 2017. CAEYC is a California chapter of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), with a membership of approximately 100,000 members. CAEYC has over 5,000 members.…Read More

This post is about my most recent experiences at a research conference focused on child development that not only showcases what I did and saw, but also intermixed are some (hopefully) helpful insights on what you can expect to experience at most research conferences. AUSTIN, TEXAS – WHAT A CITY Although I’ve participated in the Society…Read More

THINGS TO REMEMBER I along with two other students, Brittanie Clarke (Biological Sciences Major) and Paige Braden (Psychology Major), attended the 24th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) meeting. This society is committed to the development of mind and brain research aimed at investigating the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of cognition. Cognitive neuroscience, a relatively…Read More

On Friday March 24th, I had the opportunity to attend Advancing Women in Leadership Conference at Biola University. The conference focuses on ways to support women and some of the barriers that hinder the advancement of women in leadership. Although attendees are largely women, men are also invited to be part of the conversation and…Read More

In February, I attended the 2017 Miami International Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference (MICAMH), which is a biennial conference for mental health professionals who serve children, adolescents, and their families. This is considered a leading interdisciplinary conference that focuses on evidence-based interventions for youth, incorporating both didactic lectures and hands-on experiential training for professionals.…Read More

I attended the 46th annual convention of the Society for Pentecostal Studies held in St. Louis, MO from March 9-11, 2017.  The conference was intellectually stimulating as well as professionally and spiritually enriching. THE SOCIETY The Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) is an interdisciplinary academic society of scholars who research, present and publish scholarly work…Read More

I recently attended a conference sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AANC) and the End-of-life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC). AACN embedded a Palliative Care Conference Day at the University of San Diego in their Doctoral Education Conference in Jan, 2017.  I had the pleasure of revisiting my Alma Mater (USD) and AACN…Read More

I participated in the 2017 College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) National Conference in Washington D.C., hosted by George Mason University on Feb 1-4. CODA is the only professional organization dedicated solely to the advancement of college and university orchestra directors. The conference was attended by 75 college orchestra directors, (among 280 in membership) representing public,…Read More

I had the privilege of attending the Innovating Nursing Education to Improve the Health of the Nation, Faculty Development conference by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in Anaheim this past November.  There were several excellent presentations at this event, and I wanted to share some of the information on the topic of, “Engaging…Read More