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The Graduate College is proud to recognize our Graduate Students' scholarly accomplishments.  These accomplishments include presentations at professional meetings, publications, grants, scholarships, awards, leadership positions, special performances, etc.

Also visit our list of the:
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Graduate Mitte Fellows
Graduate Scholars Program Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards (These awards are presented each April).

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2007 - 2008

Alicia Adame, MA Sociology, presented a paper entitled “Parental Educational Expectations, Sense of School Belonging, and Academic Achievement: A Comparison of Native-born Latinos and Latino Immigrants.” at the Southwestern Social Science Association (SSSA) Eighty-eight Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV held March 13-15, 2008.

Jennifer Ainsworth, Geography, presented a paper entitled “Deep in the [Green] Heart of Texas: Native Landscaping in Austin” at the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SWAAG) Annual Meeting in Bryan, TX held November 2007.

Jason Alemán, Education PhD, presented at the UCEA conference in Washington, D.C. held November 2007.  The presentation was entitled “Community as Pedagogy”.

Bobby Baca, Sociology, presented “Sociology Outside the Classroom: A Case Study in Applied Research” at the Southwestern Social Science Association in Las Vegas, NV held March 13-15, 2008.

Paula Baldwin, MA Communication Studies, co-author with MM Villagran, PhD. and E. Wittenberg-Lyles , PhD, presented paper entitled “Communicating support: Ad hoc volunteerism in natural disasters” at the annual convention of the National Communication Association in Chicago, IL held November 15–18, 2007.
--  Co-author with E. Wittenberg-Lyles, PhD., D. Parker Oliver, PhD, and G. Demiris, PhD., presented a poster session of their paper “Communication dynamics in hospice teams: Understanding the role of the chaplain” at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association in Tampa, FL held January 20 – February 1, 2008.  The AAHPM & HPNA published the abstract of the paper.

Kristina Barnett, MA Sociology, presented a paper entitled “Rebel Without a Kid: Women Who Don't Want Kids and Efficacy-Based Self Esteem” at the SSSA 88th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV held March 12-15, 2008.

Megan G. Bean, Biology, gave an oral presentation entitled “Occurrence of the Asian Fish Tapeworm in the Rio Grande: Implications for Fishes of Conservation Concern” at the American Fisheries Society 137^th Annual Meeting (National Meeting) in San Francisco, CA held September 2-6, 2007.

Haley Bishop, Sociology, presented “Sociology Outside the Classroom: A Case Study in Applied Research” at the Southwestern Social Science Association in Las Vegas, NV held March 13-15, 2008.

Johnathon D. Boyd, Theatre, presented a poster entitled “New Perspective at the RSC: Nancy Meckler’s Directorial Vision” at the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference in Akron, Ohio in October 2007.

Marta Brain, Music, presented a paper entitled "The Compositional Work and Life Achievements of Johann Stamitz" at the European Studies Conference in Omaha, NE, held October 4-6, 2007.

Rebecca P. Brown, Environmental Geography, presented a paper entitled “Historical Climatology of Maximum Precipitation in Texas” at the Applied Geography Conference in Indianapolis, IN held October 2007.

Lara Marie Pope Bryant, Geography Education, presented at the National Council for Geographic Education: 92^nd Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City, OK held October 2007.  The presentation was entitled “Teaching World Heritage”. This was a workshop designed for middle and high school curriculum.

Annie Castillo, Physical Therapy, presented a poster entitled “Hydrotherapy Practices in Wound Care Among Physical Therapists and Physical Therapists Assistants with Certified Wound Specialist (R) (CWS (R) Designation” at the Texas Physical Therapy Association National Student Conclave in Galveston, TX held October 2007.

Katrina L. Cohen, Aquatic Biology, gave an oral presentation entitled “Dietary Preferenda of Exotic Suckermouth Catfish in the San Marcos River, Texas: Potential Impacts on Endemic Species” at the American Fisheries Society in San Francisco, CA held September 2007.

Catherine Cooper, Geographic Education, gave a presentation entitled “A Real World Approach to Getting Your PhD” at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education in Oklahoma City, OK in October 2007.  Catherine also presented a paper entitled “Armenia, Its Caucasus Neighbors and U.S. Financial Aid” at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers” in Charleston, SC held November 2007.

Sondra D’Aquisto, MS Applied Sociology,  presented a paper entitled “Sociology in Higher Education: An Evaluation of a Summer Bridge Program” at the Southwestern Social Sciences Association 88th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV held March 12-15, 2008.
--  Presented “Sociology Outside the Classroom: A Case Study in Applied Research” at the Southwestern Social Science Association in Las Vegas, NV held March 13-15, 2008.

Christopher Andrew Day, Geography, presented a paper entitled “Groundwater Contaminant Concentrations of Land Use Categories for the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer, Texas” at the Applied Geography Conference in Indianapolis, IN held October 2007.

Sukyi Douglas-McMahon, Literature, presented a paper entitled “The War Between Crown and Crozier: The Political Side of Guillaume de Deguileville in The Pilgrimage of Human Life” at the Texas Medieval Association’s Seventeenth Annual Conference in College Station, TX held October 2007.

Brian D. Earle, Geography, presented at the 92^nd Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education in Oklahoma City, OK held October 2007.  The presentation was entitled “Revealing the Diversity of Geography Learning”.

Michelle Edwards, MA Sociology, presented a paper entitled "Gendered Experiences in Alcoholics Anonymous" at the Southwestern Social Science Association Conference in Las Vegas, NV held March 12-15, 2008.

Demetrea Farris, MA Sociology, presented a paper entitled “Reconnecting with my Roots”: A Qualitative Study of Previously Launched Adults at the Southwestern Social Science Association Conference in Las Vegas held March 12-15, 2008.

Jeff Felderhoff, MA Communication Disorders, presented a poster entitled “Assessment Methods Used in Texas Elementary Schools for Diagnosing Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs)” at the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX held February 21 – 23, 2008.

Adrienne Foreman, English Literature, presented “Hard-Boiled Gender – Hard to Break but Bendy” at the SCMLA, South Central Modern Language Association in Memphis, TN held November 2007.  Adrienne also presented “Hawthorne and Magical Realism: Fantasy in Canonical Works” and co-chaired a panel discussion on “Fantasy’s relationship with canonical literature” at the Fantasy Matters Conference in Minneapolis, MN held November 2007.

James P. Gaertner, Aquatic Resources, presented a poster entitled “Detection of Batracochytrium Dendrobatidis in Four Endemic Central Texas Amphibians” at the Amphibian Declines & Chytridiomycosis: Translating Science into Urgent Action Conference in Tempe, AZ held November 2007.

James Michael Gividen, Education PhD, presented at the UCEA conference in Washington, D.C. held November 2007.  The presentation was entitled “Community as Pedagogy”.

Sophia L. Gonzales, Geography, presented a poster entitled “The Environmental Effects of Coal Power Plants on Texas Reservoirs” at the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers in Bryan, TX held November 2007.

Gina Guzman, Literature, presented a paper entitled “White Cultural Sustainability through the Silence of the Ethnic Voice” at the Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference “Sustainability” in Tempe, AZ held October 2007.

Xueqin He, Geography, presented a paper entitled “International Students Vulnerability to Emergency Event: Does Tenure of Residence Make a Difference?” at the Applied Geography Conference (AGC) in Indianapolis, IN held October 2007.  Xueqin also presented a paper entitled “Is Emergency Communication Biased? Comparing Newspaper Coverage of Bridge Collapses in the US and China” at the Southwestern Division of the AAG (SWAGG) in Bryan, TX held November 2007.

Tom C. Heard, Aquatic Biology, gave a presentation entitled “Habitat Associations of the Fish Assemblage in the Big Bend Reach of the Rio Grande” at the American Fisheries Society: Annual Meeting 2007 in San Francisco, CA held September 2007.

Sheila Henk, Geography, presented a paper entitled “Comparing Press Responses to Wild Boars/Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa) in Great Britain and the United States at the Applied Geography Conference in Indianapolis, IN held October 2007.

Brenda Genise Henry, Education PhD, made an oral presentation entitled “Community as Pedagogy” at the UCEA conference in Washington, D.C. held November 15-19, 2007.

Juan Jacinto Hernandez, PhD School Improvement, made a presentation entitled “Community as Pedagogy” at the UCEA - University Council for Educational Administration in Washington D.C. held November 15-19, 2007.

Sandra L. Cook-Hildreth, Biology, presented a poster entitled “Reproductive biology of Exotic Suckermouth Catfish in the San Marcos River” at the American Fisheries Society 137^th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. held September 2-6, 2007.

Delbert Humberson, Geography, presented a poster entitled “Applying the Cellular Automaton Evolutionary Slope and River (CAESAR) Model to a Highly Erosive Reach of the Colorado River, Austin, Texas” at the Complexity in Geomorphology, the 38^th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium in Durham, NC held October 2007.

Dorothy Ibes, Environmental Geography, presented a paper entitled “Geography of Chile, Pointers for Teachers” at the National Council for Geographic Education conference in Oklahoma City, OK held October 2007.

Amanda Keen-Zebert, PhD Graduate, August 2007, accepted a two-year NSF post-doctoral fellowship beginning in May in their International Research Fellowship Program.  Her project title is “Determining Bedrock Incision Rates Using Cosmogenic Isotop\3He\Analysis to Chronologically Constrain the Wetland Development Cycle in the Highveld of South Africa.”  She will be working with Dr. Stephen Tooth at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales.

Ju-Sun Kim, Music, presented a paper entitled "Impressionism: Debussy¹s Piano Music L¹isle joyeuse (1904)" at the European Studies Conference in Omaha, NE, held October 4-6, 2007.
--  Presented paper entitled “Maria Szymanowska: An Examination of Selected Dances in Historical and Analytical Perspectives," at the College Music Society- South / Southcentral SuperRegional Chapter conference held at Lousinana State University in Baton Rouge, LA  held February 28 – March 1, 2008.
--  Presented “On Selected Dances by Maria Szymanowska," at the 2008 National Association of Composers U.S.A. (NACUSA) Texas Conference in San Marcos, TX held February 22-23, 2008.
--  Published article entitled “Composer Portrait: From Gypsy Music to Post-Minimalist Deconstruction: A Portrait of, and Interview with, Composer Charles Ditto (b. 1954),”  in the South Central Music Bulletin Spring 2007 issue.
--  Received Honorable Mention in Concerto Competition, School of Music at Texas State University, on November 5th, 2007.
--  Performed her music composition at the National Association of Composers U.S.A. (NACUSA) Texas Conference, Texas State University, held on February 23rd, 2008.

Elizabeth Lee, Music, presented a paper entitled "Baroque vs. Classical Characteristics in the Work of Johann Stamitz" at the European Studies Conference in Omaha, NE, held October 4-6, 2007.
--  Gave a presentation entitled “Cognitive Domains in the Teaching and Learning of Music-Theoretical Concepts in Music Theory” at the Society for Education, Psychology, and Music Research (SEMPRE) Graduate Student Day Conference in Sheffield, England held October 2007.  Elizabeth also presented a paper entitled “Active versus Passive Learning: On the Effectiveness of Student Tasks in the Online Teaching of Music Fundamentals” at the College Music Society and Association for Technology in Music Instruction National Conference in Salt Lake City, UT held November 2007.

Xuelian Mang, PhD Geography, paper entitled “Morphology-based Building Detection form Airborne Lidar Data” will receive the 2008 BAE Systems Award for best student paper presented by the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at the ASPRS 2008 Annual Conference in Portland, OR held in May.  The paper will also be published in the Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS), the official journal of ASPRS.  Her advisor is Dr. Nate Currit.  Co-authors of the paper are Dr. Currit and former college, Dr. Le Wang.

Carlton Mathis, Sociology, presented “Sociology Outside the Classroom: A Case Study in Applied Research” at the Southwestern Social Science Association in Las Vegas, NV held March 13-15, 2008.

Sarah E. McNeely, Technical Communication, presented a paper entitled “To Carry on a Conversation: Reading the Reader in The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine” at the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Conference (RSVP) in Richmond, VA held September 14-15, 2007.
--  Presented a paper entitled “So Peculiarly a Feminine Pursuit: Intersections of Science and Domesticity in The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine” at the North American Victorian Studies Association Conference (NAVSA) in Victoria, BC held October, 2007.

Stacia C. Miller, APCE, presented at the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 84^th Annual Convention in Galveston, TX held November 28-December 1, 2007.  The title of her presentation was “Evaluating Student Teachers with the Use of Heart Rate Monitors” (presented with Dr. Paul Paese).

Audrey M. Mohan, Geography Education, gave a presentation entitled “Measuring Geography Teacher Efficacy” at the National Council for Geographic Education in Oklahoma City, OK held October 2007.  Audrey also presented a poster entitled “Factors Influencing Geography Teacher Efficacy” at the National Council for Social Studies in San Diego, CA held November 2007.

Edris J. Montalvo, Geography Ph.D., presented a paper entitled “Diversity in Geography Undergraduate Programs” co-authored with Lawrence E. Estaville of Texas State University-San Marcos and Fenda A. Akiwumi of the University of South Florida.  The presentation was made at the National Council for Geographic Education 92^nd Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City, OK held October 2007.

Zach Moore, PhD Geography, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Geography at Rowan University in New Jersey effective Fall 2008.  He will also be involved in trying to re-start the New Jersey state geographic alliance.

Lauren Morgan, MM Composition and MM Theory, presented a paper entitled “Under-Represented Musician in the University Music Environment” at the NACUSA (National Association of Composers, USA) at Texas State University held February 23, 2008.
--  Presented a paper entitled "Integration of the Blind and Visually Impaired in the Music Theory Classroom" for the CMS (College Music Society) at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA held February 29, 2008.  She was also elected as the student board member for the south-central region of the College Music Society at this conference, and will be representing Texas State within that organization until she graduates in May 2009.

Rebecca O'Donovan, MM Education, presented a poster entitled "An Ethnographic Study of Individual Evaluations in Sight-reading" at the Texas Music Educators Association in San Antonio, TX held February13-16, 2008.

Elizabeth A. Pearce, Literature, presented a paper entitled “Juxtapositions in Adolescent Literature: The Magical and/or Realistic Spaces of Diana Wynne Jones’ Fire and Hemlock” at the SCMLA (South Central Modern Language Association) Annual Conference in Memphis, TN held November 2007.

Joshuah S. Perkin, Aquatic Biology, gave an oral presentation entitled “Life History of the Chub Shiner in the Lower Brazos River with Comments on Conservation Status and Native Distribution” at the American Fisheries Society National Meeting in San Francisco, CA held September 2007.

Clovis C. Perry, Geography Education, presented a paper entitled “A Real World Approach to Getting Your Ph.D.” at the National Council for Geographic Education in Oklahoma City, OK held October 2007.

Susan L. Peters, Geography, presented a paper entitled “Trends in Extreme Winter Weather events in Texas” at the Applied Geography Conference in Indianapolis, IN held October 2007.

Megan Pope, Communication Studies MA, made a presentation entitled “The Benefits of Taking Training and Development Courses: A Student’s Perspective” at the National Communication Association 93^rd Annual Convention in Chicago, IL held November 2007.
--  Was a part of a panel entitled "Applying Training and Development Course Content: A Student and Industry Perspective” and presented "The Benefits of Taking Training and Development Courses: A Student's Perspective." at the National Communication Association Convention in Chicago held November 15-18, 2007.

Amy Puett, MM History, presented a paper entitled "Political Influences on the Life and Music of Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)" at the "The College Music Society SuperRegional (South Central and Southern Chapters) Conference in Baton Rouge, LA held February 28 –March 1, 2008. She won the award for "South Central Chapter Most Outstanding Student Paper"

Robin Ramirez, Education PhD, made a presentation entitled “She’s learning to learn what she wants to know…” at the ChildSpirit Conference: Sending our Love into the Future in Chattanooga, TN held November 2007.

Heather K. Robinson, MFA Poetry, presented a poetry collection entitled “Nature’s Swell” at the 2008 Sigma Tau Delta Conference in Louisville, KY held March 5–8, 2008.

Renee Rodriguez, MM Theory, presented a poster entitled "Improving Music Theory Instruction in Middle School Band Programs in Texas" at the College Music Society South Central - Southern SuperRegional Conference in Baton Rouge, LA held February 28 – March 1, 2008.  She received the Best Student Poster award from the South Central chapter of the College Music Society.

Dennis T. Runyan, Aquatic Biology, gave a presentation entitled “Fish Assemblages Changes in Three Western Gulf Slope Drainages: An Historical Perspective” at the National Meeting of the American Fisheries Society in San Francisco, CA held September 2007.

Steve Schermerhorn, Geography, presented at the National Council for Geographic Education in Oklahoma City, OK held October 2007.  The presentation was entitled “A Real-World Geography Ph.D.”

Cynthia N. Shipman, Communication Studies, presented two papers entitled “Perceived Credibility and the Effects of Rhetorical Strategies in Political Email Messages” and “Building a War Agenda: George W. Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Address” at the National Communication Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL held November 2007.

José L. Silvan-Cardenas, Geography-Geographic Information Science, presented at the SWAAG/ASPRS conference in Bryan, TX held November 2007.  His presentation was entitled “Assessing Linear and Non-linear Unmixing of Landsat Measurements for the Sub-pixel Saltcedar Abundance Mapping”.

Mamta Singh, Aquatic Resources, presented a paper entitled “Evaluation of the Freshman Biology Program” at the Southwestern Association of Science Teacher Educators Conference in Ft. Worth, TX held October 2007.
--  Gave an oral presentation entitled “Two Entry-Level Biology Courses Assessment for Biology Majors’ At Texas State University- Preliminary Results” at the Texas Academy of Science (TAS) conference in Corpus Christi, TX held March 7-9 2008.

April Stephens, Music, presented a paper entitled "Form and Compositional Techniques in Johann Stamitz¹ Symphony in Eb Major, No. 4, Op. 4" at the European Studies Conference in Omaha, NE, held October 4-6, 2007.
--  Presented a paper entitled "Stephen Lias (Born 1966): A Look at a Modern American Composer" at the Super-Regional College Music Society Conference in Baton Rouge, LA held February 28 – March 1, 2008.

Debbie Swann, MA Theatre, presented a paper "The Touch Tour: Bringing Theatre to the Visually Impaired” at the Mid America Theatre Conference in Kansas City, MO held  February 28 – March 1, 2008. An earlier version of this paper won the Writing Center contest last year.

Queenby Wing Sze Tang,  MM Performance, presented “Composers Concert II--"Wind in the Bamboo Grove", Marimba, Composer: Abe, Keiko” at the South Central – Southern SuperRegional Conference, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA held February 28 – March 1, 2008.  She received the "Best Student Award" and a prize.

Emariana Taylor, Environmental Geography, presented a paper entitled “A Tale of Two Roost: Landscape Structure and Habitat Use” and won second place in the student paper contest at the Applied Geography Conference in Indianapolis, IN held October 2007.

Rex W. Tyrone, Aquatic Biology, presented a poster entitled “Effects of Clear Cut Timber Harvesting, Road Building and Stream Crossing Construction on Indigenous Fish Species in Central Western Louisiana, specifically, Peason Ridge located on the US Army’s Fort Polk training area.  This presentation was made at the American Fisheries Society in San Francisco in September 2007.

Bricio E. Vasquez, MA Sociology, presented a paper entitled "Living Arrangements, Household Size, And Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms In Elderly Latinos" at the Southwest Social Sciences Association's Annual Meeting in Las Vegas held March 12-15, 2008.

Melody Warren, Geography, presented a paper entitled “Education for Sustainability: More Views” at the National Council for Geographic Education Conference in Oklahoma City, OK held October 2007.

Anne Weaver, Music, presented a paper entitled "Johann Stamitz  ­ Mannheim Composer and Concert Master" at the European Studies Conference in Omaha, NE, held October 4-6, 2007.

Suzi Wiseman, Environmental Geography, presented a poster entitled “Enrichment for Captive Rhinoceri” at the SWAAG (Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers annual meeting in Bryan, Texas held November 2007.

2006 - 2007
Deidra Ann Aery, Anthropology, presented a poster entitled “Texas State University Field School, Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, Texas” at the Texas Archaeological Society Annual Meeting in San Angelo, Texas October 2006. Her article published in the Texas Archaeological Society newsletter was entitled “Uncovering Ancient Hunter-Gatherers at San Marcos Springs”.

Bharati Ayyalasomayajula, Geography PhD, presented a poster entitled “Mumbai Monsoon Floods-2005” at the SWAAG-2006 in Norman, OK October 2006.
--  Presented a poster entitled "Modeling Monsoon Rainfall" at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Joshua L. Bailey, Geography, presented a poster entitled "Rock Glacier Inventory and Analysis in the Douglas Mountain Area of Montana" at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Megan Bean, Biology, presented a paper entitled “Occurrence of the Asian Fish Tapeworm in the Rio Grande: Implications for Fishes of Conservation Concern” at the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society in Lake Jackson, TX    March 2007.

Anne E. Bolick, Aquatic Biology, presented "The Effects of Spring Flow on the Abundance of Heterophyid Cercariae in the Comal River, New Braunfels, TX" at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (SWAP) in Kingston, OK and received the Graduate Student Presentation - Honorable Mention Award  April 2007.

Mikki J. Boswell, Biochemistry, presented a poster entitled "The Isolation of Native Glutaminyl Cyclase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae" at the conference for the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Washington, DC  April 2007.  She received the ASBMB Travel Award.

Marta Brain, Music, presented a paper on “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” at the Race, Ethnicity, Place Conference at Texas State University in November 2006.

Rebecca P. Brown, Environmental Geography PhD, presented a published paper entitled “A Dome Over Home: Does San Antonio Need a Domed Baseball Stadium?” at the Applied Geography Conference in Tampa, FL October 2006.
--  Presented a poster entitled "Distribution of Strong and Violent Tornadoes in Texas" at the Association of American Geographers conference in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Lara Bryant, Geographic Education PhD, attended a workshop and made a presentation entitled “Educational Travel Made Simple for Teachers” at the National Council for Geographic Education 91st Annual Meeting in Lake Tahoe, NV October 2006.

Jose Silvan Cardenas, Geography PhD, presented a paper entitled "Subpixel Confusion-uncertainty Matrix for Assessing Soft Classifications" at the AAG-RSSG Student Honor Competition III during the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Collette R. Caton, Rhetoric and Composition, made a presentation entitled “Writing Centers as Historical Spaces: Oral History Research and Institutional Identity” at the International Writing Centers Association Conference, A Space for Writing: Writing Centers and Place in Houston, TX   April 2007.

Mindy M. Conyers, Environmental Geography PhD, presented a poster entitled “Multivariate Mining Effects on Alpine Fluvial Forms and Processes near Silverton, CO USA at the Bingham International Geomorphology Symposium: Columbia, SC October 2006.

Elizabeth L. Crittenden, Biology, presented a poster entitled "Snake Venom containing M5 Muscarinin Receptor Activity Inhibits Carbachol-induced Pigment Granule Dispersion in RPE Isolated from Bluegill Sunfish" at the Experimental Biology 2007 conference in Washington, DC  April 2007.

Lorelei Davis, Music, published the CD review “Contemporary Polish Music” in the Fall 2006 issue of the refereed journal South Central Music Bulletin.

Mariah Deonarian, Music Education, published a scholarly book review of “Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory” in the Fall 2006 issue of the refereed journal South Central Music Bulletin.

James T. Dietrich, Geography, presented a poster entitled "360 Degree Panoramic Photography System for Landscape Change Detection in Glacier National Park" at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Frank Engel, Geography - MS Environmental Science, presented a poster entitled “Effects of Flood Management Practices on Channel Morphology in the San Marcos River, Texas” at the 2006 International Binghamtom Geomorphology Symposium in Columbia, SC, October 2006.
--  Presented a poster entitled “Aggradation in response to extreme flooding and watershed management” at the 2006 American Geophysical Union Fall Conference in San Francisco, CA December 2006.

Elena L. Esparza, Education PhD APCE, attended the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference in Chicago, IL.  The World of Educational Quality was the theme of the conference.  Elena was the Session Chair of the session entitled "The Lives of Teachers, Spirituality, and the Whole Person".  She was also nominated as Holistic Education Newsletter Editor for 2007-2008  April 2007.

Jeffrey W. Felderhoff, Communication Disorders, attended the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Annual conference and was awarded a research grant from the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation at their annual awards luncheon in Houston, TX March 2007. The grant is intended to fund the research for his master's thesis, which is a survey of the assessment methods used in public schools for the diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorders in children.

Jeffrey W. Felderhoff, Communication Disorders, attended the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Annual conference and was awarded a research grant from the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation at their annual awards luncheon in Houston, TX March 2007. The grant is intended to fund the research for his master's thesis, which is a survey of the assessment methods used in public schools for the diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorders in children.

Ryan D. Foster, Professional Counseling, presented a poster entitled “Male Perceptions of Intimacy: Implications for Professional Counselor Practice” at the American Counseling Association Conference in Detroit, Michigan   March 2007.  He received Chi Sigma Iota Excellence in Counseling Research Grant for Research in Professional Counselor Identity ($250).

Karen Gibbs, PhD Adult Education, made a presentation entitled “How the Integumentary System is Being Addressed in the Entry Level Physical Therapy Educational Programs” at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting in Boston, MA   February 2007.

Melissa D. Gray, Geography, presented a paper entitled “To stay or go: Can Game Theory be used to provide quick estimations of potential remainder populations given an impending hurricane?” at the Texas A & M Disaster Recovery, and Redevelopment Student Research symposium in Bryan/College Station, Texas, October 2006.

Kelvin Gregory, Music, presented a paper on “‘World Music’ vs. ‘Multi-Cultural Music’ – On Terminological Problems of Music Research and Teaching” at the Race, Ethnicity, Place Conference at Texas State University in November 2006.

David Hadbawnik, Creative Writing, presented a paper entitled, “Indirect Deposit: Keats and Capitalism in Some of His Major Poems” at the PAMLA Conference at UC-Riverside, CA November, 2006.

Xueqin He, Geography, presented a paper entitled “The Socioeconomic vulnerability of Rural to Urban Temporary Migrants in China” at the AAG Southwest Division Meeting (SWAAG) in Norman, OK October, 2006.
--  Presented "Environmental Perceptions Hurricane Evacuations, and Vulnerability of International Students" at the Annual Meeting of the American Geographers in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Tess Ladd-Hill, Spanish, presented on a neoclassical poet from the late 18th century Margarita Hickey y Pellizoni.  Her argument was how she criticized Baroque "Cortesano" Amorous Poetry from a Female Perspective.  This presentation was made at the “Gender and Enlightenment” Symposium at Texas State on April 10, 2007.

Cory L. Holland, Biochemistry, presented a poster entitled "The Analysis of the Mechanism by which Telomerase Impacts Chromosomal Stability and Cell Viability in Ku Mutants" at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Washington, DC  April 2007.

Jacob T. Jackson, Aquatic Resources PhD, presented a paper entitled “The Status of Trachemys gaigeae (Reptilia:Emydidae) in the Rio Bravo basin” at the 9th Reunion Nacional de Herpetologia Mexico, held on the campus of Universidad Autonomas de Nuevo Leon in Monterre, Nuevo Leon, Mexico November 2006.

Victor X. Jaramillo, Mass Communication, presented a poster entitled “Killing the Messenger: Aggression and Violence against Journalists in Mexico” at the AEJMC 2007 Midwest Conference in Reno, Nevada in February 2007. Maria R. Gonzalez contributed to the project for the poster presented by Victor. She was unable to attend the conference.

Jennifer Johnson, Technical Communication, presented a paper entitled “Hot Tamales: Exploring the Latina Body in Film” as part of the panel discussion: Expanding the Picture of Chicano/a Studies: Teaching Writing with images of Immigrants at the Regional Conference of NACCS:Tejas Foco in Denton, Texas  March 2007.

Jack Kaulfus, Creative Writing, presented a paper entitled “Fag, Monkey, and Boy Next Door: Alternative Family Structures in the Curious George Series” at the AESA Conference in Spokane, WA November 2006.

Brandon Kelly, Music, was a finalist in the 2007 National Trumpet Competition.

Ju-Sun Kim, Music Theory, presented a poster entitled “Isang Yun: A Major Composer? – Reception and Musical Contribution” at the College Music Society – South Central Chapter Conference at the Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas   March 2007.
--  Presented a paper on “Isang Yun: A Major Composer?” at the College Music Society South Central Chapter Conference at Arkansas State University, March 15-17, 2007.
--  Presented a paper on “Western vs. Traditional Korean Music in Korean Music Education” at the Race, Ethnicity, Place Conference at Texas State University in November 2006. In the Fall 2006 issue of the refereed journal South Central Music Bulletin, she published the scholarly book review “Bridging the Gap: Popular Music and Music Education.”

Jason Carmine LaCorte, Mathematics, presented a paper entitled "Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem in R^ⁿ: A combinatorial proof" at the (MAA) Mathematical Association of America (Texas section) annual meeting at the University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX April 2007.

Evelyn Lauer, English, made a presentation entitled “When MySpace becomes OurSpace: Discussion Boards, Chat Rooms and Identification Theory in FYC” at The Conference on College Composition and Communication in New York, NY   March 2007.

Yazmin Lazcano, Literature, served as chair of a graduate student panel presenting “Broadening the Definition of Chicanismo: Immigrants Beyond Aztlán” at the NACCS-Tejas Foco in Denton, Texas  March 2007.

Elizabeth Lee, Music Theory, presented a paper at the European Studies Conference in Omaha, Nebraska October 2006 entitled “Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat, Opus 44” as part of a session called: The Composer Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) – A Tribute to his Works.
--  Presented a paper entitled “Music in Slovenia presented in World Musics in Intra and Interdisciplinary Music Teaching and Research session” at Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference, Texas State University-San Marcos campus November 2006.
--  Presented the paper “Romantic Elements in Selected Compositions by Robert Schumann” at the European Studies Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, in October 2007, and the paper “National Identity in Slovenian Folk Music” at the Race, Ethnicity, Place Conference at Texas State University in November 2006.
--  Published an article on “Dimitar Ninov: A Contemporary Bulgarian – American Composer” in the Spring 2007 issue of the refereed journal South Central Music Bulletin and the scholarly book review “»The Refinement of Rhythm« by Bengt-Olov Palmqvist” in the Fall 2006 issue of the refereed journal South Central Music Bulletin.
--  Presented a paper entitled “Constructing versus Identification in Music Theory” at the College Music Society – South Central Chapter Conference in Jonesboro, Arkansas March 2007.

Emiko M. Linville, Spanish, presented a paper entitled “Perspectives culturales: el retorno del Nikkei latinoamericano.u” at the Cefiro: Enlance Hispano Cultural y literario Eighth annual Conference at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas March 2007.

Jacob A. Maas, Geography PhD, presented a poster entitled "Spatial Analysis of Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater in the Niagara Escarpment Region of Dodge County, Wisconsin" at the Annual Meeting of the American Geographers in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Tara Mayorga, Music, published a scholarly book review “On Methodology of Musical Source Research” in the Fall 2006 issue of the refereed journal South Central Music Bulletin.

Sarah McNeely, English-MATC program, presented a paper entitled “With All Her Strong Religious Faith: Gender and Unbelief as Reflected in Ward’s Robert Elsmere” at the Victorians Institute Conference in Spartanburg, SC October 2006.

Xuelian Meng, Geography PhD, presented a paper entitled "3-D Building Detection based on airborne LIDAR data" at the Annual Meeting of the Assoication of American Geographers (AAG) Conference in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Audrey M. Mohan, Geography Education PhD, presented a paper entitled “Education Travel for Geography Teachers” during a workshop at the National Council for Geographic Education Conference in Lake Tahoe, NV October 2006.
--  Presented a paper entitled “Defining a Core Curriculum in Applied Geography” at the Applied Geography Conference in Tampa, FL October 2006.
--  Presented a paper entitled “Educational Travel for Social Studies Teachers” during a workshop at the National Council for Social Studies Conference in Washington, DC December 2006.

Zachary A. Moore, Geography PhD, presented a paper entitled “The Health of Geographic Education: Status of the Subdiscipline in Higher Education, at the National Council for Geographic Education Annual Meeting in Lake Tahoe, NV October, 2006.
--  Presented a paper entitled "Issues Affection Geographic Education in America's K-12 Public Education System: An Historical Perspective" at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Conference in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Kaci Myrick, Wildlife Ecology, presented "The Effectiveness of a Vegetation Based Approach to Estimating Vertebrate Biodiversity" at the George Wright Society conference in St. Paul, MN  April 2007.

James D. Neece, Biology, presented a poster entitled “Optimal Treatment Period for Forskolin Induction of a Reactive-like Condition in F98 Glioma Cells” at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) in San Diego, CA December 2006.

Brett Nelson, Music, was a finalist in the 2007 National Trumpet Competition.

Matthew R. Norman, Mass Communication, presented a poster entitled “Media Coverage of Latinos and Latino Political Issues During the 2006 Mid-term Election” at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2007 Midwest Conference in Reno, Nevada in February 2007.

Erin Marie O’Docharty, Biology, presented a paper entitled “Use of Infection Challenges to Study the Life Cycle of Huffmanela huffmani (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae)” and a poster entitled “Extraction and Induced Hatching of Trichosomoidid Eggs using In Vivo and In Vitro Techniques” at the annual Southwestern Association of Parasitologists in Kingston, OK   April 2007.

Timothy A. Peoples, MA English Literature, presented a paper entitled "Saussurian Theory in 'The Garden of Forking Paths' by Jorge Luis Borges."  The presentation was made at the College of English Association Conference in New Orleans, LA  April 2007.
--  Presented a paper entitled “The Debate over Steven Spielberg’s Munich” at the Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association in Albuquerque, New Mexico   February 2007.

Joshuah Perkin, Aquatic Biology, made a presentation entitled “Conservation Status and Life History of the Chub Shiner in the Lower Brazos River” at the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society – 2007 Annual Conference in Lake Jackson, TX March 2007.

Stephanie Phillips, Music, presented a workshop on improvisation entitled “The Piano Game” at the Spontaneous Inventions conference, organized by Bobby McFerrin and members of Voicestra at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, June 11-16, 2007.

Bobby Polak, Wildlife Ecology, presented a poster entitled “Influence of Human Recreational Activities and Vegetative Characteristics on Wading Bird Abundance” at the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society in Beaumont, Texas in February 2007. Bobby was awarded 3rd place in the Graduate Student poster competition at the event.

Anjea Ray, Communication Disorders, presented  a poster entitled “A Case Study in Tongue-Thrust Remediation Using an Orthodontic Appliance” at the 2007  51^st annual Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention in Houston, TX   March 2007.  The presentation was also made at the College of Health Professions research symposium on April 20, 2007.

Renée Rodriguez, Music, published the CD review “Contemporary Polish Chamber and Organ Music” in the Fall 2006 issue of the refereed journal South Central Music Bulletin.

Dennis Runyan, Aquatic Biology, made a presentation entitled “Fish Assemblage Change in Three Western Gulf Slope Rivers: an Historical Perspective” at the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting in Lake Jackson, TX   March 2007.

Eric L. Samson, Geography PhD, presented a paper entitled "Geopolitical Subdivisions in Chiapas Mexico" in the Geographies of Resistance in Latin America session of the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in San Francisco, CA.  Eric also coauthored a paper with Xuequin He and Dr. John Tiefenbacher titled "International Student Risk Perception and Avoidance," in the Environmental Health Hazards: Perception, Response, and Education session  April 2007.

Katherine Saul, Biology-Cell Biology, presented a poster entitled “Monoclonal Antibody G3.5 and Cytoplasmic Alpha-Actinin Antibody Label the Same Antigen in Rat Brain” at the American Society for Cell Biology in San Diego, CA December 2006.

Carol Frances Sawyer, Environmental Geography PhD, presented a poster entitled “Soil Disturbances and Infiltration Rates in Glacier National Park, Montana at the 37th International Binghamtom Geomorphology Symposium in Columbia, SC October 2006.
-- Presented a paper entitled "Patterns of Seasonal Frost Heaving and Surface Clast Movement in Turf-banked Terraces, easter Glacier National Park, Montana" at the Annual Meeting of the American Geographers in San Francisco, CA  April 2007.

Steven R. Schooler, Anthropology, presented a paper entitled “Supply, Trade and Conflict on the Colonial Frontier: A Lead Isotope Analysis of Colonial-Era Musket Balls from Texas and Adjacent Regions” as part of a symposium titled “The Spanish Colonial Era in Texas” at the Texas Archeological Society Conference in San Angelo, TX October 2006.

Desserae K. Shepston, Anthropology, presented a poster entitled “The Return of Alouatta pigra to the Forests around Naha, Chiapas, Mexico” at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists 76^th annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA   March 2007.

Tracy Sibole, Aquatic Resources, presented a poster entitled “Some influences of parasitism on black-capped vireo nesting success: Investigation into late-season nesting and nest vegetation characteristics” at the IV North American Ornithological Conference in Veracruz, Mexico October 2006.

Jose L. Silvan, Geography-Geographic Information Science, PhD, presented a paper entitled “Multiscale modeling of fuzzy spatial objects by means of neural networks” at the Geoinformatics 2006 conference in Wuhan, China, Oc