Sharon Tettegah (Teaching & Learning) has been elected treasurer-elect of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. The mission of the division is to expand and apply psychological knowledge and theory relevant to education and promote joint action with others having similar purposes in…

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) participated in a debate with professor Eric Graf of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín (Guatemala), titled "Tilting at Windmills." The July 22 debate about the multiple messages in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quijote, was a breakout session during the 11th  annual conference (…

Danica Hays (College of Education) was selected as the recipient of the 2017 Publication Award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) for her book, Developing Multicultural Counseling Competence: A Systems Approach. This national award is presented to one individual per year and recognizes a publication of particular…

Dana Bickmore (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and Marytza A. Gawlik (Florida State University) recently published the first of two edited volumes of research focused on the charter school principal. This first volume provides a foundational understanding of the charter school principalship through the lens of culture, mission ,and…

Connie Mobley (Dental) co-authored “Association between Sugar Intake, Oral Health, and the Impact on Overall Health: Raising Public Awareness,” which examined evidence about how sugar can contribute to oral health disease and oral-systemic complications. The article appeared online July 10.

James Croft and Balakrishnan Naduvalath (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and a team of researchers recently published a paper, "Universality and Chaoticity in Ultracold K + KRb Chemical Reactions," in the journal Nature Communications. The team performed the first-ever quantum-mechanical simulation of the benchmark ultracold chemical reaction between…

Dr. Katherine Howard and Dr. Karl Kingsley (both Dental) co-authored "Selenomonas Noxia Screening Among Pediatric Patient Samples: A Pilot Study", which appears in the current issue of the Journal of Oral Health and Dental Care.

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) co-authored “Estimating the Cost of School Sealant Programs with Minimal Data,” which successfully explored and demonstrated a method for calculating annual expenditures for sealant programs. The Journal of Public Health Dentistry published the article in its July issue.

Catherine "Cassy" Turner, Arnold Huang, Ali Ross, Kesley Taelor, and Geneva Winters (all Physical Therapy), with assistance from Dolly Kelepecz-Momot (Dance), co-authored “Investigation of the Cardiovascular Endurance of College Dancers,” which compared cardiovascular endurance before and after a fitness and exercise education session, and…