Pathways to Discovery

pathwaysto discovery

issUe 4 Jan. – dec. 2010

issUe 4 Jan. – dec. 2010

pathwaysUniversity of Montevallo Division of acaDeMic affairs

Pathways to Discovery, published annually by the office of the Provost and the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Public Rela-tions Office, highlights the scholarly achievements of the faculty and students at the University of Montevallo.

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University Scholar

Joseph Landers

Once again, Pathways to Discovery illustrates the commitment of University of Monteval-lo faculty to the fullest development of our students — via excellent teaching in and out of the classroom and to meaningful scholarship, which enhances and supports that teaching. One of the most treasured outcomes of a liberal education is the ability to ask important questions, to identify those problems and issues central to human welfare and progress, and to think critically about meaningful responses and solutions. I am most proud to work with colleagues who model these attributes on a daily basis…and who encourage their students to do the same. Below, Dr. Jody Landers, our 2010-2011 University Scholar, speaks to the uniqueness of the Montevallo experience. Certainly, Dr. Landers’ work illustrates what we seek to achieve at the University of Montevallo, and it points to the high quality of the commu-nity of learners we have at UM! Congratulations to the faculty and students whose work is included in this edition of Pathways to Discovery.

I am deeply honored to have been selected as the 2010 University Scholar. When I re-flect on my career accomplishments to date, this distinction stands out to me as something especially significant. What makes the award so special is the unique nature of teaching and learning at the University of Montevallo, where each faculty member is inspired to combine the two seemingly contradictory ideas of scholarship and teaching. At UM these two ideas are not in conflict, but rather bind together to form a unique experience for both student and faculty member. Here we bring the passion for our subject, our intellectual curiosity, and our commitment to excellence directly to the classroom. To be selected from such an outstanding faculty at an institution that places a primacy on teaching means that I’m a part of the unique philosophy at UM: we’re a small liberal arts college, but we’re big on ideas and we’re passionate about sharing those ideas with our students. Every day, I’m inspired by my students, their energy, their curiosity, their interesting ideas, and even their skepticism. My interaction with them reminds me that I am a part of something important, sincere, and profound: the future.

terry robersonprovost and vice president for academic affairs

UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO 3

4 coLLege of arts & sciences Jason neweLL, profiLe

6 stephens coLLege of bUsiness tom J. sanders, profiLe

8 coLLege of edUcation coUrtney bentLey, profiLe

12 coLLege of fine arts Joseph Landers, profiLe

14 facULty coLLaboration carey heatherLy and cLark hULtqUist, profiLe

16 facULty research symposiUm

18 stUdent pathways

in this issue...

PATHWAYS TO DISCOVERY4

College of Arts & SciencesfacULty endeavors

presentationsstacey ayotte, “Mashups, Virtual Conversations, and Audio Dropboxes: New Technological Tools for the Foreign Lang-uage Classroom,” Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Annual Meeting of AAFLT, Huntsville, Ala.

stacey ayotte, “Mashups in the Classroom,” University of Montevallo Research Symposium, Montevallo, Ala.

stephanie batkie, “Cronic Chameleons: Gower’s Shifting Eye in the Cronica Tripertita,” John Gower Association, Kalamazoo International Medieval Colloquium, Kalamazoo, Mich.

stephanie batkie, “Illegible History and the Grave in the Middle English St. Erkenwald,” Annual Texas Medieval As-sociation Conference, Dallas, Texas.

stephanie batkie, “Preempted Pilgrimage and Langland’s ‘wik-kede wey’,” The University of the South, Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, Sewanee, Tenn.

Jeannie a. dUke, “Licensing Preparation Workshop,” Univer-sity of Montevallo Social Work Program, Regional Workshop, Montevallo, Ala.

Jeannie a. dUke and Jason m. neweLL, “New Tool, New Method: Using Child Welfare Cases to Teach Practice

Behavior Competencies,” Association of Baccalaureate Pro-gram Directors, 27th Annual Conference of Baccalaureate Program Directors, Atlanta, Ga.

Jeannie a. dUke and Jason m. neweLL, “Teaching Practice Be-haviors Through the Use of Child Welfare Cases,” Association of Baccalaureate Program Directors, 27th Annual Conference of Baccalaureate Program Directors, Atlanta, Ga.

cLark hULtqUist, “The Making of Advertising Profession-als: The People of Publicis, 1946–1966,” Western Society for French History, National Conference Annual Meeting, Lafayette, La.

kathryn r. king, “Recovered and ‘Canonized’:--How what? Examining the Future of Eliza Haywood Studies,” Annual American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Meeting, Albuquerque, N.M.

kathryn r. king, “Women Without Gender; Or, ‘imaginary gardens with real toads in them’,” Annual American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Meeting, Albuquerque, N.M.

Jason m. neweLL, “Teaching Self-Care as an Essential Practice Behavior,” Council on Social Work Education, 56th Annual Program Meeting, Portland, Ore.

Jason m. neweLL, “Understanding the Psycho-social Challeng-es of Returning Veterans: Implications for Practice and Assess-ment,” 39th Annual Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference, Jacksonville, Ala.

scott tUrner, “Religious Tolerance and Islam: What Syria Can Teach America,” Miles College Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence, National Security Colloqui-um, Birmingham, Ala.

pUbLications

stephanie batkie, “‘Of the Parfit Medicine’: Merita Perpetuata in Gower’s Vernacular Alchemy,” John Gower, Trilingual Poet: Language, Translation, & Tradition.

stephanie batkie, “‘Thanne artow inparfit’: Learning to Read in Piers Plowman,” The Chaucer Review.

John w. bUrLing and JiLL a. wicknick, “Range Extension: Sternotherus minor peltifer,” Herpetological Review.

Stacey Ayotte, third from the right, and a group of University of Montevallo students explore Avignon in southeastern France.

FACULTY PROFILE

MONTEVALLO RESEARCH 5

Jason Newell, assistant professor of social work, has focused his research on clinical practice with individuals diagnosed with mental illness and the cumulative effects of mental illness on family functioning. His specialty areas include treatment of anxiety and mood disorders; traumatic and secondary trau-matic stress; veterans and military families; self-care and the prevention of professional burnout; and child welfare. Over the course of his career, he has almost 30 professional publications and presentations to his credit, many dealing with posttrau-matic stress disorder. Much of his research conducted while pursuing a B.A. in psychology at Auburn University and a master’s and Ph.D. at the University of Alabama, deals with children and youth in stressful or traumatic environments. His work here included appointments at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center (four years), the Brewer Porch Children’s Center in Tuscaloosa (two years) and several other programs serving children and adolescents. For the past five years, he has focused his research on pro-viding treatment to trauma populations, specifically veterans and military families. He has presented his findings at The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and The

Alabama Mississippi Social Work Conference. Newell’s concern is not limited to victims of trauma, however, but extends to their caretakers, as well. Much of his recent work has been related to professional self-care and the prevention of professional burnout, secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. His published work on professional self-care appears in Best Practices in Mental Health: An Interna-tional Journal and the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. He conducted a training workshop for social work practitioners and educators at the National Council on Social Work Educa-tion Conference in Portland, Ore., in 2010. Newell considers himself a practitioner-researcher because the focus of his work centers on helping vulnerable populations in a meaningful and efficacious way. He says, “What draws me to the profession of social work is our core values of service and social justice for all individuals, groups, and communities. I am truly honored to train students to provide services to the most vulnerable and disenfranchised members of our society. I feel that social work is more than just a profession for most of us; it is a calling, as much of the work that social workers do day-to-day is selfless.”

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terry m. hardig, Carrina K. Anttila, and Steven J. Brunsfeld, “A Phylogenetic Analysis of Salix (Salicaceae) based on matK and Ribosomal DNA Sequence Data,” Journal of Botany.

Lisa R. Baker, Frederick H. Stephens, and LaUreL i. hitchcock, “Social Work Practitioners and Practice Evaluation: How Are We Doing?” Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

Walter Uhoya, Andrew Stemshorn, Georgiy Tsoi, Yogesh K. Vohra, Athena S. Sefat, Brian C. Sales, kevin m. hope, and Samuel T. Weir, “Collapsed Tetragonal Phase and Superconduc-tivity of BaFe2AS2 Under High Pressure,” Physical Review.

kathryn r. king, “Eliza Haywood at the Sign of Fame in Cov-ent Garden,” Notes and Queries.

kathryn r. king, “Scribal and Print Publication,” The History of British Women’s Writing, 1690-1750.

Jason neweLL and G.A. MacNeil, “Professional Burnout, Sec-ondary Traumatic Stress, and Compassion Fatigue: A Review

of Theoretical Terms, Risk Factors, and Preventive Methods for Clinicians,” Best Practices in Mental Health: An Interna-tional Journal.

scott tUrner, “Anarchist Theory and Human Rights,” New Perspectives on Anarchism.

grants awardedstephanie batkie, “‘Cronic Chameleons’: Merita Perpetuata in Gower’s Cronica Tripertita,” National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Grant, $6,000.

awardsJohn w. bUrLing, 2010 Distinguished Faculty Mentor, Award-ed for “outstanding commitment to Undergraduate Research.”

other research endeavorsstacey ayotte, Directed a four-week long study abroad pro-gram for UM students majoring and minoring in French, May term, Avignon, France.

Stephens College of BusinessfacULty endeavors

presentations

aLexander mechitov, “IT Outsourcing: A Comparative Analy-sis of Brazil and Russia,” International Academy of Business and Economics Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev.

aLexander mechitov, “A Changing Educational Model in Russian Business Programs,” Society of Business, Industry and Economics 12th Annual Conference, Destin, Fla.

heLen moshkovich, “Term Paper vs. Term Project: Experi-ences in Development and Implementation of a Capstone IS Course,” Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Society of Business, Industry, and Economics (SOBIE), Sandestin, Fla.

Kim S. Davey amd tom J. sanders, “Serial Strategic Innova-tion and Sustainable Competitive Advantage: The Case of Proctor and Gamble,” Allied Academies International Confer-ence – Academy of Business Studies, Presentation and Pro-ceedings, (Best Paper/Distinguished Research Award). Oct. 2010. Las Vegas, Nev.

tom J. sanders and Kim S. Davey, “An Examination of the Use of Hybrid Organizations to Address Global Health Issues: The Case of Global Public-Private Partnerships,” Academic Business World International Conference, Presentation and Proceedings (Abstract only). May 2010. Nashville, Tenn.

tom J. sanders and Kimberly S. Davey, “A Review of the Magnet Hospital Concept from the Perspective of Organiza-tional Behavior,” Allied Academies International Conference - Academy of Health Care Management, Presentation and Proceedings. April 2010. New Orleans, La.

tom J. sanders, “Successful Leadership: Theory and Practice,” University of Alabama at Birmingham Faculty Development Program, March 26, 2010, Birmingham, Ala.

tom J. sanders, “Workshop: Leading Change in Organiza-tions,” University of Alabama at Birmingham BLAZE Leader-ship Development Program, Feb. 12, 2010, Birmingham, Ala.

pUbLications

nancy s. beLL and J. a. conneLL, Roderick S. MacPherson, and William T. Rupp “Important Factors in Designing a Masters of Business Administration Program: The Results of a Survey,” Research in Higher Education Journal, http://www.aabri.com/rhej.html, Jan. 2010.

Elizabeth J. Wilson, micheLe d. bUnn and Grant T. Savage, (2010) “Anatomy of a Social Partnership: Toward a Conceptual Model of Stakeholder Collaboration,” Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 39 (1), 76-90.

FACULTY PROFILE


Tom J. Sanders, assistant professor of management and MBA program adviser, is a self-described “novice at research and scholarship.” However, in his five years in academia, he has presented or had accepted for publication some two dozen scholarly works. He sees the process of research and writing as an opportunity both to learn and to make a contribution to learning, informing his teaching in the process. In his words, “Scholarship lets me give something, however small, back to the well of knowledge that I continue to be fortunate to draw from.” Sanders began drawing from that well at the University of Montevallo, where he received a B.S. in 1974, majoring in mathematics and minoring in business administration. After earning the M.S. in hospital and health administration from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and the MBA from Samford University with additional post-master’s study at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, he received a Ph.D. in administration of health services from UAB. The basis for his research is found in his extensive career as a hospital administrator and health system executive, which spanned three decades. During those years, much of his experi-ence related to leadership and human resource management, which, in turn, now surfaces in many of his scholarly presenta-

tions and publications. He has developed a unique stream of research related to the adoption of the “magnet hospital concept” in the U.S., which looks at the environmental factors and orga-nizational dynamics influencing a hospital’s decision to adopt certain human resource management practices to attract and retain clinical practitioners. He has recently had a theoretical paper accepted for pub-lication that relates key constructs from the leadership and organizational effectiveness literatures within a new framework for understanding strategic leadership effectiveness. He says, “I am proud of this paper because some of my upper level man-agement classes have read various drafts of this paper as it has evolved and provided me with questions and insights as we studied leadership theory together. This has been a real oppor-tunity to relate my scholarship to my teaching.” “I really appreciate the supportive environment for research and scholarship at UM,” Sanders said. Utilizing a faculty de-velopment grant, he spent two weeks working in the archives at Cornell University reviewing the previously-unresearched papers of an early American pioneer of personnel administration dating from the late 1890s to the 1970s. This has resulted in current and future scholarly presentations and papers and sparked an interest in management history as a new research stream.

tomSANDERS


College of EducationfacULty endeavors

aLexander mechitov and heLen moshkovich, “IT Outsourcing: a Comparative Analysis of Brazil and Russia.” International Jour-nal of Strategic Management, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2010, 118-122.

aLexander mechitov, “Brazilian and Russian Economic Devel-opment: Roles of Academia and Other Factors.” In: Intercul-tural and Interdisciplinary Studies: Pursuits in Higher Educa-tion, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil, 2010, 63-74.

L. Gomez, heLen moshkovich and A. Torres, “Marketing Decisions in Small Businesses: How Verbal Decision Analysis Can Help,” International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2010, Vol. 11, No. 1, 19-36.

aLexander mechitov and heLen moshkovich, “IT Outsourc-ing: a Comparative Analysis of Brazil and Russia,” International Journal of Strategic Management, 2010, Vol. 10, No. 2, 118-122.

tom J. sanders, “Propositions for Investigating Adoption and Diffusion of the Magnet Hospital Concept through the Lenses of Organization Theory,” Journal of Management and Market-ing Research, Vol. 4, March.

tom J. sanders, “Co-alignment of Observed Versus Expected Practices in an Organizational Change Initiative: A Qualitative Case Study.” Journal of Case Research in Business and Economics, Vol. 2, May.

tom J. sanders, “Sanders Researches Early History of Person-nel Administration.” Networking – Year in Review 2008-2009 (Stephens College of Business magazine), Spring 2010, 10-11.

grants awarded

micheLe d. bUnn, Recipient, University of Montevallo Academic Development Committee 2010 Summer Stipend, “Assessment of Information Literacy Skills Among Business Students,” $5,000.

presentations

donna beLL, “Distance Education: Effective for Self-motivated Individuals,” Alabama Association of Family and Consumer Sciences State Convention, Florence, Ala.

coUrtney bentLey and M. Garcia, “Building Capacities for Social Justice Leadership Through Equity Audits,” 2010 An-nual Conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education, Las Vegas, Nev.

coUrtney bentLey and S.M. Waring, “Illustrating Subjective Habits of the Pre-service Historical Mind,” 2010 Annual Con-ference of the National Association for Multicultural Educa-tion, Las Vegas, Nev.

coUrtney bentLey and S.M. Waring, “Developing Technology Driven Content Pedagogies: Understanding Teachers Perceptions of Social Networking Formats in History Instruction,” 2010 An-nual Conference of the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, Denver, Colo.

LaUra bLoom, “Parenting Second First Children: What FCS Educators Need to Know About Mothers Who Have Relin-quished a Child for Adoption,” Alabama Association of Family and Consumer Sciences State Convention, Florence, Ala.

LaUra bLoom, “Positive Discipline and Behavior Management,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, Riverchase, Ala.

LaUra bLoom, “Positive Behavior Management,” The Sky’s the Limit Annual Conference (Child Care Resources), Birming-ham, Ala.

LaUra bLoom, “Infant and Toddler Classroom Management,” Odyssey Child Development Center, Hoover, Ala.

tarsha bLUiett and Angela Williams, “The Road to Literacy Success,” 57th Annual Conference: Southeastern Regional As-sociation of Teacher Educators, Nashville, Tenn.

donna bUrnett, Brian Geiger, Jane Roy, and Brooks Wingo. “Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Exercise In Sedentary Adults,” Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Edu-cation, Recreation & Dance, Birmingham, Ala.

donna bUrnett and Retta Evans, “Development of an Edu-cational Intervention to Address Barriers of Weight Manage-ment,” Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Educa-tion, Recreation & Dance, Birmingham, Ala.

donna bUrnett and Retta Evans, “Development of an Educa-tional Intervention to Address Barriers of Weight Management,” Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Gulf Shores, Ala.

donna bUrnett and Steve Padgett-Vasquez, “Prevention of Tick-borne Illness in At Risk Groups in Alabama,” Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Birmingham, Ala.


FACULTY PROFILE

Courtney Bentley is an assistant professor of instruc-tional/teacher leadership at UM and coordinates the Ed.S. Teacher Leadership program. In this role, she promotes the incorporation of diversity training and equity audits into the curriculum of the program. She said, “Throughout my career, I have maintained an activist-oriented, equity focus in my research and teaching. This focus has been supported by developing meaningful university, school, and community collaborations and partnerships.” One of these partnerships includes working with the Teaching Diverse Students Initiative, a division of the South-ern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance program. Through this collaboration, she has worked with teacher lead-ers to conduct equity audits of schools and mentored those teachers as they completed action research projects aimed at continuous school improvement. She has shared her work and built new partnerships by presenting on the topic at the an-nual conferences of the National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) and The Equity Alliance Forum as well as co-planning a regional NAME inservice diversity training

recently held at Montevallo. Bentley is the author of a book, as well as a number of articles and reviews, on educating urban and multicultural youth. She has presented at approximately 30 conferences on social studies, education research, multicultural education and the education of women. In collaboration with a former colleague from the Uni-versity of Central Florida, Dr. Scott Waring, Bentley recently has completed two research projects. One explored how social networking formats can be seamlessly integrated into history curricula so as to provide culturally responsive pedagogies for “digital natives.” The other joined a framework of critical pedagogy with historical thinking in order to understand how social science education majors project themselves into racially and gender “neutral” historical prompts. Bentley received a B.A. in history from Auburn Univer-sity, an M.S. in history - secondary education from North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, and an Ed.D. in curriculum and teaching from Teachers College of Colum-bia University in New York.

courtneyBENTLEY


donna bUrnett and Retta Evans, “Promoting Youth Health Through the Use of Nutrition and Physical Activity Web Resources,” Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Gulf Shores, Ala.

donna bUrnett and Retta Evans, “Adverse Childhood Experiences and (Adult) Obesity: Examining the Connections,” Alabama Association of Family & Consumer Sciences, Florence, Ala.

donna bUrnett and Retta Evans, “Adverse Childhood Expe-riences and (Adult) Obesity: Examining the Connections,” Southern District-American Affiliation for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

donna bUrnett, “Use of Remote Sensing as a Decision-Making Aid in Community-Level Water Filtration System Installations in Haiti,” Marshall Air Force Base, Huntsville, Ala.

tammy cook, hoLLie cost, donaLd ratchford, and JoLynn sUeLL, “The Impact of e-readers on Comprehension and Reading Interest,” 2010 Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Education, Nashville, Tenn.

hoLLie cost, Jenifer moore, and saLLy bennett beLL, “Univer-sity of Montevallo Future Falcon Program,” Alabama Poverty Project, Montgomery, Ala.

hoLLie cost and K. Scott, “BluePrints, College Access and Men-toring Program,” Higher Education Partnership, Destin, Fla.

hoLLie cost, kimberLy barrett, ted metz, saLLy bennett beLL, and mike hardig, “Montevallo Matters: Creating Collaborative Community Enhancements,” COPLAC, Asheville, N.C.

charLotte daUghhetee and A. Mills,“The Impact of Rigid Stereo-typical Gender Roles on Both the Counselor and the Client with

the Counseling Relationship,” ACA Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Lee doebLer and Mark Isley, “A New Alternative: Living and Leading in a Positive Direction Through a Leadership Develop-ment Reading Program,” National School Board Associations’ Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill.

Jennifer LawLey and Kelli Davis, “Bringing Voices of the Past to the Present Elementary Classrooms,” Social Studies Council of Alabama Annual Conference, Birmingham, Ala.

Jennifer LawLey, Kelli Davis and gLee whitsett, “Finding the Balance: Communication Between Pre-service and Cooperating Teachers Presenters,” 2010 Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Education Annual Conference, Nashville, Tenn.

anna mcewan and gLee whitsett, “RUKiddinMe? Establish-ing Expectations for Appropriate Classroom Etiquette (P-16),” 2010 Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators, Nashville, Tenn.

caroLyn miLLer, “The Benefits of Laughter Therapy,” Alabama Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Birmingham, Ala.

Jenifer moore, “Using Case Studies to Foster Diagnostic Skills and Qualitative Research,” 2010 Southeastern Regional Asso-ciation of Teacher Educators Conference, Nashville, Tenn.

Jenifer moore, “University of Montevallo Future Falcons Pro-gram,” Lifetime of Learning Conference, Montgomery, Ala.

JacqUeLine nUby, “An Awakening Through an Inner School Ex-perience,” 2010 Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators, Nashville, Tenn.

A College of Education class, led by Don Ratchford, discusses the materials needed to teach reading to children from varying backgrounds of experience.


College of Fine ArtsfacULty endeavors

presentations

saLLy bennett beLL, hoLLie cost, and Jenifer moore, “Estab-lishing University Foundations for Local School Children,” Higher Education Alliance, Lifetime of Learning: Higher Edu-cation Alliance Summit on College Access, Student Retention and Service Learning, Montgomery, Ala.

saLLy bennett beLL, kimberLy barrett, hoLLie cost, ted metz and mike hardig, “Montevallo Matters: Collaborative Community Enhancements,” COPLAC, Annual Conference, Asheville, N.C.

saLLy bennett beLL, “Coming to Terms With Menopause: A Cross Cultural Comparison,” Southern States Communication Association, Annual Conference, Memphis, Tenn.

sherry g. ford, “Interpersonal Conflict and Aggressive Com-munication,” Southern States Communication Association, 80th Annual Convention of the Southern States Communica-tion Association, Memphis, Tenn.

sherry g. ford, “Your Mama Wears Combat Boots!: The Influence of Temperance and Emotional Intelligence on Com-munication During Interpersonal Conflict,” Faculty Research Symposium, Montevallo, Ala.

stephanie pULeo, A. Wilcoxon, D. Cobia, C. Guest, and Q. Pearson, “Beneficial Relationships in Educational and Supervi-sory Contexts: Questions, Discussions, and Recommendations,” Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Williamsburg, Va.

stephanie pULeo, “From Haiti to Huntsville: What to Expect and How to Help in the Aftermath of Crisis,” University of Mon-tevallo 2010 Faculty Research Symposium, Montevallo, Ala.

donaLd ratchford, tarsha bLUiett, JoLynn sUeLL, and gLee whitsett, “Engaging Students in Active Learning Using Technology,” 57th Annual Conference: Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators, Nashville, Tenn.

gLee whitsett and sarah smith, “Mathematics Teacher Qual-ity and Its Role in Developing Mathematically Mature Second-ary School Students,” 2010 Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators, Nashville, Tenn.

pUbLications

donna bUrnett, S. Padgett-Vasquez, J. Harden, J. Olson, C. Whitley, J. Huang, and J. Luvall, “Characterization of Tick-borne Disease Risk Using NASA Earth Observation Systems [phase 5],” NASA technical paper: NASA, 2010

donna bUrnett, S. Padgett-Vasquez, T. Poston, C. Whitley, D. Willis, J. Adams, R. Nall, J. Luvall, J. “Characterization of Tick-Borne Disease Risk Using NASA Earth Observation Systems [phase 4],” NASA technical paper: NASA, 2010

charLotte daUghhetee, stephanie pULeo and eLizabeth thrower, “Scaffolding of Continuing Competency as an Essen-tial Element of Professionalism,” Alabama Counseling Associa-tion Journal. 2010, 15-22

Jenifer moore, “Predicting Adequate Yearly Progress: Leaving Explanation Behind,” Academic Leadership Online. Fall, 2010

Jenifer moore and D. Harwell, “Issues of Concern Related to Practicum Experiences in Undergraduate Education Programs,” Academic Leadership Online. Spring, 2010

Jenifer moore, “Adequately Yearly Progress: Leaving Explana-tion Behind?” Lambert Academic Publishing: Saarbrücken. 2010

Jenifer moore, “Students as Consumers,” Teachers.net Gazette. March, 2010

Jenifer moore, “It’s All About Perspective,” Teachers.net Ga-zette. Jan., 2010

JacqUeLine nUby, “An Awakening. The Impact of a Cultural Immersion Experience,” Multicultural Perspectives. 2010

grants awarded

hoLLie cost, The Science of E-reading: Implementing ARI Best Practices in a Summer Reading Program, Alabama State Department of Education, March 2010, $14,400.

awards

LaUra bLoom, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Early Child-hood Education, University of Alabama in Birmingham, April 2010

Jennifer LawLey, Ernest Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, University of Montevallo, College of Education, 2010

coUrtney bentLey, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, University of Montevallo, 2010


keLLy wacker, “Contemporary Artists Working With Nature and Culture,” Birmingham Museum of Art Collector’s Circle, Birmingham, Ala.

keLLy wacker, “The End of Land Art,” College of Agriculture, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Art, Auburn University, Art in Agriculture Lecture Series: Reclaiming Ground—Ag, Gardens, Art (Lecture Series), Auburn, Ala.

pUbLications

Lori f. ardovino, “A Touch of France,” CD Review, The Clarinet.

saLLy bennett beLL and Kevin B. Wright, “Health-Related Support Groups on the Internet: Linking Empirical Findings to Social Support and Computer-Mediated Communication Theory,” G. L. Kreps, (Ed), Health Communication, Volume 4 (The Sage Benchmarks in Communication Series), Health Com-munication and New Information Technologies (eHealth).

misty J. bennett, “ON,” Artwork published, New American Paintings.

performances & exhibitions

Lori f. ardovino, “The Red Wheelbarrow,” a song cycle com-missioned by the Alabama Music Teachers Association, collabo-

rated with meLanie wiLLiams, soprano, Claire Wilson, clarinet, Melanie Rogers, violin/viola, LaUrie middaUgh, piano, Lebaron Recital Hall, Montevallo, Ala.

misty J. bennett, ted metz and deborah karpman, “Misty Bennett, Deborah Karpman, and Ted Metz,” Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, Ala.

Jay L. cofieLd, graeme harper and scott meyer, “The Virtual Studio Project,” Webcast videoconference. Webcast and vid-eoconference involving members of the Crucible Project (Ken Baskin, Rick Hirsch, Michael Rogers).

Jay L. cofieLd, John m. hoerner and marcUs Lane, Macbeth Webcast, Live Webcast of Theatre’s performance of Macbeth, April 6, 2010.

Jay L. cofieLd, J. chandra cLark, John A. Perrault, J. Lex Murdoch and Dylan Lard, Falcon Scholars in Action vignettes, FSIA showcase and Internet, Montevallo, Ala.

Jay L. cofieLd, graeme harper and scott meyer, “UnMade! Making it in Universities Webcast,” Montevallo, Ala. Live online collaborators: Annabel Chalk, Kevin Brophy, Dan Disney, Jeri Kroll.

cynthia p. Jones, Solo Piano Recital, Auburn University, Au-burn, Ala.

cynthia p. Jones, Solo Piano Recital, University of West Ala-bama, Livingston, Ala. cynthia p. Jones, Solo Faculty Recital, LeBaron Recital Hall, Montevallo, Ala.

keLLy wacker, “Range, Furrow, Grove: Images of Florida Agriculture,” the curator of an exhibition which was part of the 2010 Florida Food Summit hosted by University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

grant fUnded

sherry g. ford, “Online Course Development Grant,” College of Fine Arts —University of Montevallo, $750.

keLLy wacker, “Artist-Naturalist: Contemporary Artists [Re]Defining the Naturalist Tradition (this was the working title for this project; the new title is “The New Naturalists”), Research and Creative Projects, $1,348.

awards

Jay L. cofieLd, Regional Director of the Year, National Broad-casting Society, Regional Director service.

Associate Professor, Karen Graffeo discusses her research in photography with a group of students.

MONTEVALLO RESEARCH 13

Joseph Landers, associate professor of music, describes his work at Montevallo as “a very happy integration of the typical roles of the university composer, not terribly unlike the com-posing and teaching that composers have done throughout his-tory.” He says “studying a piece in order to discover the shaping forces that control the musical experience—‘cracking the code’ so to speak, is exactly composing in reverse.” A prolific composer, Landers has been commissioned to write works for the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, the Flor-ida Orchestra and the Cypress String Quartet, among others. His compositions have been performed worldwide by orches-tras and ensembles from Europe and the United Kingdom to Echizen, Japan, as well as by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and the UM Wind Ensemble. His research has recently focused on an orchestration, previously unknown to the music world, of Song of the Volga Boatmen that is attributed to Igor Stravinsky. All the works of Stravinsky, one of the most important composers of the 20th century, were thought to have been documented, but Landers found an arrangement, apparently written for Russian bass-baritone Feodor Chaliapin, while clearing out a music library in Lindenhurst, N.Y. This discovery has led to additional research

in hopes of finding an autograph (handwritten) score of the piece, which would establish its full authenticity. Recently, while teaching a course at Montevallo on early music, Landers’ students were particularly interested in the “or-der of construction” of the compositions of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The class analyzed the compostitions in an effort to determine the order in which each part was written. By work-ing together, professor and students learned that the works were written in distinctive and sometimes independent horizontal layers, and each of these parts were added to an already existing adjacent part. Landers then realized that layering was influenc-ing a composition on which he was working at the time. He said, “Maybe the most important aspect of the teaching scholar is this very unique way in which teaching inspires learning—here in the reverse way one might think, with the creative artist learning something about the compositional process directly from the classroom experience.” Landers, who came to Montevallo in 2005, received a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Alabama, a master’s degree in music composition from the University of Toronto and doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Nebraska.

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FACULTY PROFILE

“Montevallo: a mountain in a valley. This bucolic, natural phrase aptly describes the beauty of this central Alabama town. Early settlers were drawn to the area by its abundant agricultural and mineral resources, and in 1826, the tiny village of Montevallo was born. The nature of the town changed significantly in 1896 with the founding of the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School, now the University of Montevallo. The Olmsted Brothers firm of Brookline, Massachusetts, laid out the central campus, and its master plan still inspires current development. Since 1896, the focus of the town has shifted from agriculture and mining to education. The university’s mission is to be Alabama’s “Public Liberal Arts College.” Prominent figures include writer and veteran E. B. Sledge, actresses Polly Holiday and Rebecca Luker, and Major League Baseball player Rusty Greer.” (from Montevallo, a newly published book co-authored by Clark Hultquist, Ph.D., and Carey Heatherly, M.L.I.S.) This book is the result of the collaboration of Hultquist, Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Heatherly, Assistant Professor, Reference Librarian, and the University Archivist.


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Part of the Images of America series, Montevallo chronicles the history of the city and the University of Montevallo, show-casing vintage photos of the area and the citizens who occupied it. Over the course of seven months, the authors extensively researched documents, interviewed local historians and as-sembled photographs from the University’s Carmichael Library and other local history collections to illustrate the rich heritage of this university town. According to Heatherly, he and Hultquist “spent May through November, with almost no breaks, working on the text, selecting photographs, arranging content, and inter-viewing many people.” Of the project, Hultquist said, “Historians by their nature and training are not necessarily collaborative creatures, so we conduct most of our work solo in the dim recesses of archives or in front of a computer monitor. However, when Carey ap-proached me last April about co-authoring this book, I leapt at the opportunity. I had team-taught classes in the past and

much enjoyed the dynamism that resulted from such ventures, and I looked forward to working with Carey.” Hultquist described the “great working relationship” he developed with Heatherly in the process of co-writing the Montevallo book. He said the partnership made them account-able to each other while trying to meet the publisher’s deadline. During the writing process, the two professors sat side by side, exchanging ideas and providing feedback to each other regard-ing “clarity, context or clean up.” “After three months of writing in this fashion, we both felt our writing improved by having this immediate, external editor present. This experience certainly encourages me to continue this type of scholarly collaboration,” Hultquist said. Heatherly also appreciated the partnership. “Working with Clark was a very positive experience. He is a top-notch scholar and colleague, and I feel like I’m better at my job for having collaborated with him,” he said.

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2011 SYMPOSIUM

March 7, 2011 • Wills Master classrooM

nancy beLL (Business), “Millennials’ Beliefs on the Role of Business in Sustainable Development: Findings from a Survey” spoke about results from a survey of 943 Millennial respon-dents in ten different states. micheLe bUnn (Business), “Assessment of Information Literacy Skills,” reported on her work to develop an assessment instru-ment measuring the effectiveness of Information Literacy instructional materials in a business context. bryn chanceLLor (English), “The Magnificent Wild: A Novel-in-Progress,” gave an informal talk, including some of the research and “a bit about the (slightly strange) creative process of this piece.” She read a snippet of the novel-in-progress. gLenda conway (English), “The Revision Process of an Opin-ion Writer: Hugo Black and Chambers v. Florida” discussed Supreme Court Justice Black’s revision processes for the Cham-bers opinion as evidenced by the drafts.

karen graffeo (Art), “Making Brides, the Electric Slide, an Opera, Lost Luggage: a year of performance, journey, installa-tion, and travel abroad with students,” presented a multimedia presentation that included video and images of performance art, travel, collaborations and installation art. LaUreL hitchcock (Social Work), “‘The Girls of the Social Welfare Courses’: Training Social Workers at Alabama College during the Early Twentieth Century,” discussed her on-going research on the development of social work education in the U.S. during the early 20th century and how the Social Work Program at Alabama College, established in 1925, offers a unique example of early Southern social work education. cLark hULtqUist (History) and carey heatherLy (Carmichael Library), discussed their book Montevallo. This collection of vintage photographs with captions captures the uniqueness of this university college town and the transformative power of the University of Montevallo and its forebears.

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Session 1 Learning cUrves Tom Sanders (Business) Nancy Bell (Business) Michele Bunn (Business) Joe Walsh (Education)

Session2interventions Laurel Hitchcock (Social Work) Jason Newell (Social Work) Linda Murdock (CSD) Dan Valentine (CSD)

Session 3soUndings & discoveries Betsy Inglesby (English) Joseph Landers (Music)

Session 3 (cont.) Glenda Conway (English) Deborah Karpman (Art)

Session 4recoveries Eric Vaccarella (Spanish) Leonor Vazquez-Gonzalez (Spanish) Ruth Truss (History) Clark Hultquist (History) & Carey Heatherly (Library)

Session 5 creative processes Kelly Wacker (Art History) Bryn Chancellor (English) Collin Williams (Art) Karen Graffeo (Art)

Academic Initiatives

betsy ingLesby (English), “Resurrecting ‘The Dead’ in the Sirens Episode of Joyce’s Ulysses,” presented part of a critical essay now nearing completion. deborah karpman (Art), “In and Out of Whack: Appropration, Collection, and Absurdity” discussed her recent two-person exhibition at The Lawndale Art Center in Houston, Texas, as well as upcoming projects and new work. Joseph Landers (Music), “Discovery and Authentication of Stravisnky’s Song of the Volga Boatmen,” gave an informal talk on his research to authenticate the first work to be added to Stravinsky’s catalogue in decades. Linda mUrdock (Communication Science and Disorders), “Use of Picture Me Playing to Increase Play Dialogue of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders,” spoke about a pictorially enhanced, script-based intervention targeting character role play through a narrative vignette. Jason neweLL (Social Work) offered “An Investigation of Professional Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Com-passion Fatigue among Mental Health Professionals Serving Veterans and Military Families.” tom J. sanders (Business), “Pragmatic Idealist: Ordway Tead and the Rise of Neo-Taylorism in Management,” discussed a draft paper based on his work in the Tead archives at Cornell University and what he has learned about the contributions of this early pioneer of Personnel Administration in the United States and his continuing legacy in the workplace today. rUth trUss (History) gave an update on her work-in-progress on the Sarah Haynsworth Gayle Journal project. She focused on her editorial work on a journal that provides an intimate

look into the life of an Alabama woman in the early period of statehood (1827-1835). eric vaccareLLa (Spanish), “Visual Images in the Seventeenth-Century Florida Texts of Fray Francisco de Pareja” focused on visual material in three bilingual religious texts that feature in his ongoing investigation into the origins and the consequences of indigenous literacy in Spanish Florida. dan vaLentine (Communication Science and Disorders), “Lat-erality Differences in Persons who Stutter Using P300 Auditory Evoked Potentials,” reported on what he has learned about right brain activity among people who stutter in a study that used diochotic measures, AEP, and brain imaging (fMRI, PET). Leonor vazqUez-gonzaLez (Spanish), “Cougar’s Daughter: The Recovery of the Historical Memory” was a talk taken from her essay on a fact-based story about the meaning of remembering and forgetfulness in a village in Guatemala, a country that faces numerous problems in recognizing cultural and ethnic differences. keLLy wacker (Art History), “Notes on The New Naturalists,” spoke about her work curating an exhibition about the places where contemporary art and natural history meet. Joe waLsh (Education), “A Technological Fly on the Classroom Wall,” discussed the findings of his recent study on the use of videoconferencing technology to conduct live, remote, unob-trusive observations of public-school classrooms as an effective component of teacher preparation. coLLin wiLLiams (Art), “Montevallo Recycling Center Mural Proj-ect,” spoke about his involvement in a collaborative project with the UM Student Art Association that will bring art—a mural, a sign system, a sculpture garden—to the Montevallo Recycling Center.

Session 3 (cont.) Glenda Conway (English) Deborah Karpman (Art)

Session 4recoveries Eric Vaccarella (Spanish) Leonor Vazquez-Gonzalez (Spanish) Ruth Truss (History) Clark Hultquist (History) & Carey Heatherly (Library)

Session 5 creative processes Kelly Wacker (Art History) Bryn Chancellor (English) Collin Williams (Art) Karen Graffeo (Art)


artmeLissa frennea (K. Wacker) The Prevalence of Rape and Child Pornography in Yaoimercedes Jones (K. Wacker) “Politics, Race and the Evolution of Ethnic Identity in Modern Art in Brazil”

behavioraL and sociaL sciencesJames boots (R. Truss) The National Banking Act of 1863racheL davis (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Examining Just World Beliefs In College Students: Do Anxiety And Self Esteem Me-diate Racism?erica dUrneLL (R. Truss) Anne Boleyn: The Tower’s Quixotic VictimcrystaL haLL (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Examining Just World Beliefs In College Students: Do Anxiety And Self Esteem Me-diate Racism?brittani hiLL (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Examining Just World Beliefs In College Students: Do Anxiety And Self Esteem Me-diate Racism?oLivia foLmar (R. Truss) Untying the Apron: Shifting Tradi-tions at Alabama College, 1945-1955robin fink (R. Truss) In Lincoln’s Footstepscristin foster (C. Hultquist & R. Truss) Negotiating Neutral-ity: The Intersection of the Government, the Foreign Ministry, and the Business Community in the Decision-Making Process in Sweden during the Second World WarJUstin cory hamiLton (J. Duke) The Face of HIV in Black America eLishUa hoLLis (C. Hultquist & R. Truss) The Romanovs: A Short Fall from Gracedavid hUghes (C. Hultquist) Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the French Revolution: Toward a New Social Contract

katherine inabinet (R. Truss) The Discourse of Medieval Religious Women and Married Women as Evidenced Through LiteraturecaitLin kite (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Subjective Well-Being and Self-Efficacy in College Students: An Assessment of the Role of Campus Life Involvementrebecca Long (W. Fallin & R. Truss) George Wallace: A Shame to Alabama Regardless of EndeavorskathLeen Lowry (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Loneliness and De-pression in College Students: Assessing the Role of Self-esteem and Self-efficacyJoie moLden (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Loneliness and Depres-sion in College Students: Assessing the role of self-esteem and self-efficacydanieL mccaLL (R. Truss) An Investigation into the Alabama National Guard’s Clean up of Phenix City, Alabama during 1954crystaL nichoLs (J. Newell) Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: A Potential Method for Prevention and Treatment of Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compass Fatigue, and Burnout in the Helping ProfessionscrystaL nichoLs (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Subjective Well-Being and Self-Efficacy in College Students: An Assessment of the Role of Campus Life Involvementheather patrick (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Subjective Well-Being and Self-Efficacy in College Students: An Assessment of the Role of Campus Life InvolvementJamie rawLs (C. Hultquist & R. Truss) Lafayette Escadrille: A Microcosm of Aviation in World War Iandrea seLf (C. Hultquist & R. Truss) “Gehirnwäsche”: Nazi Propaganda Films

March 23, 2011 • harMan hallUndergraduate Research Day


pat stoddard (R. Truss) The Trial of the Century: An In-depth Look at the Scopes Trialpatrick taLLey (C. Hultquist) American Cast Iron Pipe Company and Sloss Furnance Company: Industrial Democracy versus Industrial Servitude in the Birmingham District christina tidmore (C. Hultquist & R. Truss) No Pillar of Salt: Leni Riefenstahl in the Construction of the Nazi PartyeLLen waLker (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Examining the Rela-tionship Between Procrastination and Study Skills: Does a Col-lege Student’s Self-efficacy and Self-esteem Make a Difference?ashLey wiLLiams (J. Burling & K. Gilbert) Examining the Relationship Between Procrastination and Study Skills: Does a College Student’s Self-efficacy and Self-esteem Make a Difference?nataLie zimmerman (J. Duke) Mirror, Mirror: An Exploratory Study of College Students’ Perceptions of Attractiveness

bioLogy, chemistry, and mathematicsJoeL barnett (M. Sterner) Möbius Transformations and Applicationscarrie bLoomfieLd (H. Byrd) X-ray Crystallographic Studies of a Bimetallic Molybdenum-Copper Complex and the Reaction IntermediatesLynsey cargiLe (J. Herron) Elementary Hilbert Space Theoryshaniese cooper (D. Bagga) Screening Plant Extracts of Vari-ous Species for Their Antimicrobial Activityheather hardeman (K. Hope) Computational Investigation of Field-Induced Polymerization of Nitrogen in Nanotubespatrick morris (J. Wicknick & M. Styers) A Survey of Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Infection of Amphib-ians in the Montevallo Area of Alabamacameron stroUss (M. Hardig) Antimicrobial Efficacy of Ginkgo bilioba and Podophyllum peltatumting yU sU (C. Tidwell & P. Bharara) Synthesis of a Novel PorphyrinaLston whiten (C. Tidwell & P. Bharara) Revisiting the Chem-istry of Acetal Formation Using GCMS

bUsiness roman beLgard (J. Connell) Implementing a Good Credit PolicymadeLine bUrdick (J. Connell) Implementing a Good Credit PolicykyLe bUtLer (J. Connell) Implementing a Good Credit Policytim debord (J. Connell) Georgia Lottery Winnings: Analysis of Time Value of Moneyaaron ebert (J. Connell) Georgia Lottery Winnings: Analysis of Time Value of Moneydavid esser (J. Connell) Georgia Lottery Winnings: Analysis of Time Value of Money

brittany ford (M. Bunn) The Nature of Online Purchasing in Business-to-Business Marketsheather freeman (J. Connell) Refinancing Your Dream Homegrant goodson (J. Connell) Refinancing Your Dream HomesaLLy hart (J. Connell) Refinancing Your Dream HomeJUstin headLey (G. Rovelstad) Literature Review of Airline Ac-cidents on the U.S. Airline Industry DemandJessica henderson (J. Connell) To Buy or Not to BuyaUstin mcintosh (J. Connell) To Buy or Not to Buymaria moorehead (J. Connell) To Buy or Not to BuyvaLarie mccay (T. Sanders) The Influence of Variation in Sam-pling Frame and Sample Size on Empirical FindingsangeLa mULkey (J. Connell) Planning for the Future miLan pUaLic (J. Connell) Planning for the Future brian short (J. Connell) Planning for the Futureakshar singh (J. Connell) The Time is Now!Jarred stanfieLd (J. Connell) The Time is Now! darLene wiLson (J. Connell) The Time is Now!

commUnication dyLan Lard (C. Clark) Distracted Driving DVD Lex mUrdoch (C. Clark) Distracted Driving DVD megan traweek (S. Ford) College Students’ Perceptions of Fac-tors Influencing Math Anxietyrita ceciL wright (C. Clark) Updating Your Status, Easier Than Updating the Law

commUnication science and disordersLydia dyer (L. Murdock) Use of Picture Me Playing to increase the complexity of language in preschool children with ASDmya mcgee (D. Valentine) Listener Perceptions of Regional Dialects

edUcationwiLL L. davis iii (J. Moore) ABC - Easy as 1-2-3: An Evalua-tion of the Three Most Effective and Innovative Approaches to Teaching Reading to Elementary Studentssedrick smith ii (R. Whitsett) Developing Mathematical Matu-rity in Secondary School Students

engLish and foreign LangUagesLindsay hodgens (G. Weathers) Sam and Mina: A Novelraven pfaff (S. Ayotte) The Criminalization and Discrimina-tion of HIV/AIDS Patients in Francophone Countries

kinesioLogy Jennifer zimmerman (C. Miller Kirby) Laughter Therapy Im-proves Quality of Life: Why We Need To Laugh More

Rachel DavisBrittany FordCristin FosterMelissa Frennea

Crystal HallBrittani HillMercedes JonesCaitlin Kite

Joie MoldenCrystal NicholsRaven PfaffHeather Patrick

Jessica RichardPatrick TalleyEllen WalkerAshley Williams

nationaL conference on UndergradUate research participantsMarch 31- april 2, 2011 • ithaca college • ithaca, neW York

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GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE


dwight Jinright and stephanie t. gUyton Rachel Daniel is pursuing a Master of Arts in English with a minor in studio art. She recently gave a presentation at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 2011 National Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Her presen-tation was titled “Whitman’s Carte de Visite: The Photographic Prose of Leaves of Grass.” Daniel said she “became an English major in a roundabout way.” Initially an art major, she took an English literature class and “became absorbed by everything that I read that semester, from Wordsworth and Keats, to Eliot and Yeats.” Daniel added, “The joy derived of realizing that reading literature was a seri-ous, but rewardingly rich, business spurred me to the field I am in currently.” She discovered that the English major “contained the particles of many other disciplines—history, philosophy, and even the fine arts.” One of the aspects of the major that Daniel has embraced is the ability “to incorporate the visual arts with the literary arts. For example, I have examined the semiotics of children’s pic-

ture books, the potency of graphic novels in the classroom, and the seditious nature of caricature in the late 18th century.” She says that her master’s thesis will “revolve around examining the notion that the subjective vision found in the photographic arts can be traced through corresponding segments of literature.” Daniel attributes her academic success to the support and encouragement of her father and stepmother, Ray and Brenda Daniel, as well as “professors and classmates who have offered their time, mind, energies and feedback.” She said, “We should never take for granted the empowerment that comes through encouraging words, both written and unwritten. My father always told me I could do anything that I put my mind and energies to, and so I have him to thank for my work ethic and drive.” Upon completion of the M.A. degree, Daniel hopes to teach English at a community college or university. She wants to “promote reading and the arts” in the community and open a private art studio with her fiancé to sell “eco-friendly art wares.”

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GRADUATE STUDENT COLLABORATION

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Dwight Jinright and Stephanie T. Guyton are both pur-suing the Education Specialist degree at Montevallo. They recently collaborated on a research project titled “The Effects of Multi-Tiered Intervention on the Self-Efficacy and Motivation of Fourth-Grade Readers.” Jinright is the assistant director of the UM Regional In-Service Education Center. He has worked in education for nearly 17 years, 11 and a half years teaching chemistry, three years working for Alabama Science in Motion, and nearly two years working at the In-Service Center. Guyton is a fourth grade teacher at Gresham Elementary School in Jefferson County. She earned her M.Ed. from UM and said “the wealth of knowledge and the valuable insight gained” in the master’s program brought her to the realization “that any expertise which I might have gained would enable me to share with and to help other teachers.” Last year, Guyton’s school implemented the Response to Intervention (RtI) program, “a multi-tiered intervention pro-

gram that helps students who are struggling in certain content areas.” For their research project, Guyton and Jinright focused on the RtI program’s effect on “students’ motivation and self-efficacy with regards to reading.” Jinright attributes his passion for education to the inspi-ration of two teachers, Connie (Croy) Hammond, his band instructor in grades 7–9, and Jennie (McConnell) Stowers, his science teacher for grades 7, 10 and 12. “Both instilled in me a desire for learning and set the example of the caring and com-petent educator I knew I aspired to be,” he said. For Guyton, teaching ran in her family. Both her mother and paternal grandmother were teachers. “They were smart, indepen-dent, well-rounded and loved what they did,” Guyton said. “Sub-sequently, in continuing my education I have been overwhelmed by the attention, assistance and willingness of the professors and advisers at UM who have guided me toward an advanced degree.” Both Jinright and Guyton have plans to pursue Ph.D. pro-grams in the near future.

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Cristin Foster graduated in May with a B.A. in history. She recently presented a paper at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) as well as at the UM Undergraduate Research Day. Her paper was titled “Negotiating Neutrality: the Intersection of the Government, the Foreign Ministry, and the Business Community in the Decision-Making Process in Sweden during the Second World War.” Foster’s interest in history stems from a childhood of reading. She said, “The books I enjoyed most brought history and historical figures to life. I love the narrative of history, the thrill of connecting the dots during research, the adventure of studying times and places I’ll never see.” Her specific concern for Sweden is the result of having lived there for two years, during which time, Foster said, she “was struck by the lingering questions that nation grappled with due to decisions made while a neutral nation during the Second World War. This led to a desire to understand the Swedish situation and their decision-making process during that brutal war.” Foster credited her parents and her major professors as significant in-fluences in her life. “I greatly appreciate the strong work ethic my parents instilled in me,” she said. Of her professors, she added, “Drs. Hultquist and Truss helped me frame my research, provided excellent insight, and encouraged and inspired me throughout my time at Montevallo.” Although her future plans have not been set, Foster is considering a doc-torate in Scandinavian history. “No matter what I end up doing, I would like to continue expanding my historical knowledge and understanding,” she said.

Brittany Ford is a senior marketing major and management informa-tion systems minor. She recently presented a research project at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research in Ithaca, N.Y. Her presentation was titled “The Nature of Online Purchasing in Business-to-Business Mar-kets.” She gave the same presentation at the UM Undergraduate Research Day in March. Ford’s interest in business has developed during her time at Mon-tevallo. “I have always been interested in the business field. I was more interested in advertising, but after taking a few marketing courses and realizing the difference between marketing and advertising, I found that marketing was a very interesting field with many facets and theories that I never contemplated studying before.” In her years at UM, Ford has sought inspiration from her faculty mentor, Michele Bunn. “She has helped not only in my research, but also in current studies and possible future endeavors,” Ford said. “The McNair Scholar’s Program has also been very beneficial in pushing me. They have helped in my research, in finding resources and possible higher education opportunities in my field.” In the coming years, Ford would like to pursue a master’s degree in international business and marketing. She hopes to work in international trade in Washington D.C., and perhaps get a Ph.D. and teach at the uni-versity level.

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PROFILES

Edward Karow Wilson, BFA theatre ’11, recently directed UM Theatre’s production of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl as his final senior project. The play was performed in the Chichester Theatre in Reynolds Hall. This summer, Wilson will perform “6 Acts” with Tomas Ziska at Scenofest in the Prague Quadrennial in Prague, Czech Republic. Wilson said he chose Eurydice for his senior project “because of the way that Sarah Ruhl looks at the world around us. She sees that there is more to the world than what we perceive and also that forces from myths can still act upon us mortals today.” The “6 Acts” project will give Wilson an opportunity to work with international designers “from Argentina to Serbia who will research and put together a performance in the streets of Prague.” As a child, Wilson fell in love with theatre when he saw a production of The Sound of Music. “I remember mentally leaving the literal here and now,” he said, “It was an awe-inspiring experience.” Wilson said the influence of his UM professors has been crucial to his development. “There has never been a professor within the theatre department that has not shaped me or redefined who I am as an artist. The greatest lesson that they have taught me is that the only barriers that we run into as artists are the ones that we put there ourselves.” Wilson plans to go to graduate school and “to become an artistic director of a company that has a focus on new and experimental play production.”

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Jennifer Zimmerman is a senior kinesiology major with a concentra-tion in health promotion. She recently gave a presentation, “Laughter Therapy Improves Quality of Life: Why We Need To Laugh More” at the UM Undergraduate Research Day. She also gave a presentation at the Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Spring Conference in Gulf Shores. That presentation was titled “Massage Therapy Improves Quality of Life: Why this Therapy Needs to be Incorporated in a Health/Wellness Program.” Zimmerman decided to pursue a career in massage therapy after she was injured in a farming accident and her sister, Laura, recommended massage therapy for pain relief. After becoming a certified massage thera-pist, she decided that a kinesiology degree would enhance her practice by allowing her to teach her clients “about more ways to help themselves through exercise, nutrition and a great massage.” She said that her research topics, laughter therapy and massage therapy, were areas that were “valuable in my profession and, for that mat-ter, [in] life.” Zimmerman added, “The benefits of massage and laughter therapy are many. I felt it was worth a look and to continue building more research to benefit my profession, [my] clients and myself. For inspiration, Zimmerman turns to Professor Carolyn Miller Kirby, who has encouraged her to “raise the bar.” Zimmerman plans to use her kinesiology degree “to increase health awareness” among her clients, ulti-mately “improving [their] quality of life.”

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