Louis Quast, Ph.D., Hellervik endowed chair, and Shari Peterson, Ph.D., assistant professor, both of the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, presented papers at the 9th International Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (Asia Chapter) on Workplace Learning and Sustainable Development for Individuals, Organizations, and Society in Shanghai, China (November 11-14, 2010). Lindsay Blumenshein, M.Ed. student in human resource development, also attended.
Moravec delivered keynote presentation in Ecuador on Invisible Learning
John Moravec, Ph.D., lecturer in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, recently traveled to the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja in Loja, Ecuador, where he delivered a keynote presentation at the third congress of CREAD ANDES, a workshop at iSummitLoxa, and a video interview for Punto de Vista, which is broadcast throughout Ecuador and other parts of Latin America. The topics were centered around a book he is co-authoring with Dr. Cristóbal Cobo (Oxford Internet Institute, U Oxford) on Invisible Learning (Aprendizaje Invisible), to be released in print and online by the University of Barcelona press in early 2011. More information about the Invisible Learning project is available at http://www.invisiblelearning.com.
Wattenberg interviewed about child mortality panel
School of Social Work Professor Esther Wattenberg is featured on the Minnesota Public Radio website talking about her work on the Minnesota Child Mortality Review Panel. The panel is a state-mandated group that looks at child deaths that are attributed to maltreatment. The interview was part of a report about an apparent drop in child abuse cases in the state. Wattenberg said her role on the panel is to raise questions about the community’s responsibilities in these cases. Wattenberg is also special projects coordinator for the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and policy and program coordinator in family and child welfare for the University’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs.
Huffington Post adds Doherty as contributor to new divorce section
Professor Bill Doherty, Department of Family Social Science, is now a regular contributor to The Huffington Post’s new divorce section. The Huffington Post is a news website and content aggregating blog that hosts more than 3,000 bloggers writing on topics ranging from politics to entertainment to lifestyle.
Doherty, an expert on family issues, marriage, and divorce, was also recently featured in a USA Today article on Thanksgiving dinner and the family meal time. He also appeared recently on WCCO TV’s “Good Question” segment answering the question: Who initiates divorce, men or women? See his interview below:
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Kane quoted in Business Week on Lingerie Football League
Mary Jo Kane, professor and director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, is quoted in “The New Skins Game,” an article in Bloomberg Business Week on the Lingerie Football League, a league in which women wear skimpy uniforms and pads. Kane is unequivocal in saying, “What they’re doing is selling sex.”
Alum named new president of University of Detroit Mercy
Educational psychology alumnus Antoine Garibaldi (Ph.D. ’76) will become the University of Detroit Mercy’s president on July 1, 2011. He is recognized as a national scholar in higher education, with a career spanning more than 35 years as a tenured professor, accomplished researcher, and educational administrator. Garibaldi will be the Catholic university’s first lay president.
“He is a scholar and a great administrator,” said Professor David W. Johnson, Garibaldi’s Ph.D. adviser. “He is one of our best graduates. And on a more personal level, Antoine comes from a very close family and is highly involved with his siblings, nephews and nieces, and other family members. He is a pillar of strength for them. He is a person you can count on when you need help or support.”
A native of New Orleans, Garibaldi earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Howard University in 1973 before coming to the University of Minnesota. His research interests focus on educational achievement and attainment in schools, African-American males, teacher education, and the growing gender and racial disparities in education.
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Dengel publishes a book chapter and an article in proceedings
Kinesiology associate professor Don Dengel, Ph.D., has recently published a book chapter and an article in a proceedings:
Dengel DR, Hearst MO, Harmon JH, Forsyth A, Lytle LA: Impact of the built environment on metabolic syndrome and other physiology variables. In: Baquet G, Berthoin S (eds.), Children and Exercise XXV: The Proceedings of the 25th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting. Oxon, England: Routledge, pp. 59-64, 2011.
Dengel DR, Jacobs DR, Jr, Steinberger J, Moran AM, Sinaiko AR: Vascular function and structure in young adults: differences between males and females. Clinical Science 120(4):153-160, 2011.
Program to include Guthrie actors’ readings of battered mothers’ stories
The work of two University of Minnesota researchers will be presented in a unique program at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis on December 10. The program, Seeking Safety Across Borders, is centered on the work of a team, including School of Social Work Professor Jeffrey Edleson, director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, and Sudha Shetty, Esq., director of the International Fellowship Program at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, from the Hague Domestic Violence Project. The researchers, as part of a recently completed study funded by the Institute of Justice, investigated the fates of battered mothers and their children who sought safety in the United States. The study found that many of these mothers faced civil court actions for child abduction, and the majority had their children sent back to the country from which they fled, often into the custody of their abusive partners.
Actors from the Guthrie Theater will provide staged readings of these mothers’ stories, as told to Edleson, Shetty and their colleagues. The readings will be interspersed with commentary by leading scholars in law and social science.
The program, which will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m., will be broadcast live over the Internet. It is free, and social work and legal continuing education credits are available. Register online at the West LegalEdcenter. See the program flyer for details.
Walker presents national webinar on teacher-parent relationships
Associate Professor Susan Walker (family, youth, and community education, Curriculum and Instruction) was a presenter on a national webinar entitled “The Teacher-Parent Relationship: Using Professional Development to Improve Family and Community Engagement” on Nov. 18. The webinar was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, The United Way, and the Harvard Family Research Project.
Along with speakers from the National PTA, Columbia University, and the Kansas Parent Information and Research Center (KPIRC), Walker presented the college’s Teacher Education Redesign Initiative (TERI) and family and community engagement as a major thematic area in teacher preparation. The topic of the webinar attracted registrations that reached over 1,200 individuals. This was the fourth webinar in the series, Achieving Excellence and Innovation in Family, School, and Community Engagement, planned for 2010-11.
Miksch presents at the Association for the Study of Higher Education
Karen Miksch, associate professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, gave two presentations at the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s annual meeting. On November 17, Karen was part of a symposium on “How should law and policy align to promote shared governance in a time of budget cuts?” which was the opening event for the Public Policy Forum. She discussed the definition of financial exigency, the American Association of University Professor’s Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure, as well as the role of faculty.
On November 18, she presented a paper, “Affirmative Action and the Media: A Mixed Method Analysis of News Coverage of U.S. Supreme Court Cases.” Presenting with Mark Pedelty, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, she discussed The Chronicle of Higher Education’s coverage of Michigan affirmative action cases. They found that the news stories continued to cover affirmative action as a highly contentious debate, even after the court decision. Coupled with earlier research that shows many administrators in higher education rely on The Chronicle for legal information, this may explain, says Miksch, why after the Michigan cases were decided, many race-conscious programs were closed out of fear of negative publicity or a legal challenge.
Jensen presents Golden Femur Award
Murray Jensen, associate professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, hosted the 2nd annual Golden Femur competition. The Golden Femur Awards were held November 17 at the Mayo Memorial Auditorium as part of Jensen’s College in the Schools Human Anatomy and Physiology Program. Prizes were awarded for the best group video productions.
This year’s theme was “talking to your grandparents about food,” which is related to the notion that people were generally healthier in the 1940s and 1950s than they are today. This year’s winners were Eagan High School – Golden Femur, Saint Paul Conservatory for the Performing Arts – Silver Scapula, and Richfield High School – Bronze Ulna. To view the top student videos from 2009 and the three winners from 2010 go to http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/student-videos/.
Jehangir publishes book on first-generation students in college
Rashne Jehangir, assistant professor in Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, has had her book Higher Education and First-Generation Students: Cultivating Community, Voice, and Place for the New Majority published by Palgrave Macmillan Press. The book offers a rich understanding of the experience of students who are first in their family to attend college. It contends that first-generation students are isolated and marginalized on many large college campuses and considers learning communities and critical multicultural pedagogies as vehicles to cultivate community, voice, and place for this new majority of students.
The book is a theoretically informed study of the lived experience of first generation students and draws on their voices to demonstrate how their insights interface with what educators think they know about them. What can they learn from these students? How might students’ insights inform and shape the learning spaces educators create for them?
Marina Nemat discusses her memoir, Prisoner of Tehran
On November 10th PsTL and CEHD Reads hosted the third annual Common Book author event. All First Year CEHD students gathered in Northrup Auditorium for a special session of the First Year Inquiry course (PsTL 1525W) to hear Marina Nemat discuss her memoir, her childhood in Iran, her time in Evin Prison and her road of recovery. In an evening event, Nemat told the story of her childhood, her imprisonment and recovery to students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public. Nemat encouraged an engaging and moving discussion that provided participants with multiple perspectives on Iran and the power of words.
Alumna wins the Oscar of teaching
Curriculum and Instruction alumna Jennifer Mitchell (B.S. ’00, M.Ed. ’03) has received the prestigious 2010 Milken Educator Award. Mitchell, a K-3 English and language teacher at Sojourner Truth Academy in north Minneapolis, received the honor at a school ceremony on Nov. 16. The award, which includes $25,000, goes to only 55 teachers nationwide each year.
Mitchell is director of curriculum and instruction at the charter school. “I wanted to be a teacher my whole life,” she said in a Minneapolis Star Tribune story. “I didn’t have the passion for it until I came here.” She also plans to earn her principal’s license and an educational leadership degree.
J.B. Mayo receives social justice award
J.B. Mayo, Jr., assistant professor in social studies education (Curriculum and Instruction), was recently awarded the Kipchoge Neftali Kirkland Social Justice Award at the annual meeting of the College University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Mayo was recognized for his conference paper entitled “Native Americans’ Acceptance of Diversity: Lessons Learned from the Two Spirit Tradition.” In this paper, Mayo calls upon social studies educators and K-12 teachers to encourage more inclusive perspectives/conversations on gender expression, and greater understanding of gender variance among their students. This more nuanced form of social learning may impact a variety of present-day social ills, including the incidence of teen suicide caused by homophobia.
Tony Mayo, Kinesiology Ph.D., will give CCMS colloquium
Kinesiology Ph.D. student Tony Mayo, advised by Prof. Tom Stoffregen, will give a colloquium on “Postural Effects of the Horizon on Land and at Sea” on Monday, November 22, at 4 p.m. in 405 Walter Library. The colloquium is sponsored by the Center for Clinical Movement Science.
Who initiates divorce, men or women? Doherty speaks to WCCO News
As part of WCCO news’ “Good Question” series, reporter Jason DeRusha asked “Who initiates more divorces, men or women?” In addition to gathering comments and answers from the public on his blog, DeRusha spoke to family social science professor Bill Doherty, a national expert on marriage.
“Women are twice as likely to initiate a divorce as men,” said Doherty, and women ask for two out of every three divorces. Women are more likely to analyze the state of their relationships; “for women, it’s not about just being married, it’s about the quality of the marriage.”
Watch the video of the Good Question segment and read more of Professor Doherty’s thoughts at WCCO’s website.
LaVoi participates in U of M panel on hazing
Nicole LaVoi, Tucker Center associate director and lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, is participating on a panel on hazing, “The Pros and Cons of Hazing,” as part of the U of M’s Hazing Prevention Week. The panel takes place today in the Coffman Memorial Union’s President’s Room, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Recent publications from the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology
Prof. Don Dengel, exercise physiologist in the School of Kinesiology, has had some recent publications with colleagues and students:
Dengel, D.R., & Bronas U.G.The role of endothelial dysfunction on development and progression of atherosclerosis and methods to assess vascular function and structure. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 4(6):445-456, 2010. Dr. Bronas is a former Kineisology Ph.D. student who studied with Dr. Arthur Leon.
Dengel, D.R., Hearst, M.O., Harmon, J.H., Sirard, J., Heitzler, C.D., & Lytle, L.A. Association of the home environment with cardiovascular and metabolic biomarkers in youth. Preventive Medicine, 51: 259-261, 2010. PMCID: PMC2939178. Mr. Harmon is a technician in the lab.
Scott, A.T., Metzig, A.M., Hames, R.K., Schwarzenberg, S.J., Dengel, D.R., Biltz, G.R., & Kelly, A.S. Acanthosis nigricans and oral glucose tolerance in obese children. Clinical Pediatrics,49(1):69-71, 2010. Dr. Biltz is a lecturer in Kinesiology; Dr. Scott and Dr. Metzig are former students of Prof. Dengel; Mr. Hames is a Kinesiology M.A. student advised by Prof. Dengel.
Chelsey Thul, Kinesiology Ph.D. candidate, awarded Thesis Research Grant
Kinesiology doctoral student Chelsey Thul has received a $2,500 Thesis Research Grant from the Graduate School to support her research on overcoming barriers to physical activity for adolescent girls. Ms. Thul is working with Somali adolescent girls living in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood to study the social, environmental, cultural, and motivational challenges they experience in pursuing physical activity.
Ms. Thul is a graduate assistant in Kinesiology and in the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport.