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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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2007 - 2008

Alicia Adame, 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-Adult,Professional & Community Education, 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, 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.
--presented a poster entitled, "The Emerging Generation: Has the Constructed Homosexual Identity Communicated in Media Changed Their Attitudes?," at the Eastern Communication Association Annual Convention in Pittsburg, PA held April 30 -MAy 4,2008.
--presented a paper entitled "Chocolat:Reinventing the Fairy Tale," at the University of North Texas New Voices, New Research Undergraduate and Graduate Conference in Denton, TX held March 28-30,2008.

Kristina Barnett, 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.

Tammy Biegas, Geographic Information Systems, presented a poster entitled "Adolescent Overweight/Obesity Spatial Comparison: Dallas,TX and San Diego, CA," at the Association of American Geographers Conference (AAG) in Boston, MA held April 15-19,2008.

Haley Bishop, Applied 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.

 Ashley C Bourgeois, Literature, presented a paper entitled, “Mourning Hagar: Toni Morrison Addresses Mothering and ‘Childcenteredness’ in Song of Solomon” at the 2008 American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, CA held May 22-25, 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.

Keith Bremer, Environmental Geography, presented a poster entitled "Socio-Economic Characteristics of Different Land Uses in Austin,TX," at the Association of American Geographers conference in Boston, MA held April15-19,2008.

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.
-- presented a poster entitled "The Southern Extent of Tornado Alley," at the Association of American Geographers Conference in Boston, MA held April 15-20,2008.

Lara Marie Pope Bryant, Geography-Geographic 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.
--presented a paper entitled "Measuring Changes in Sudent Environmental Affect," at the AAG Annual Meeting: Advancing Geography in Partnership with You in Boston,MA held April 15-19,2008.
--Created a poster using GIS to create an Atlas of San Marcos to support a Community at Pedagogy," for the Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry and Couch Stone Symposium at the University of Illinois in Urbana -Champaign, IL held May 14-17,2008.

Elizabeth Capalbo, Biology, presented a poster entitled "Expression of Modd Muscarinix Acetylcholine Receptors in the Retinas of Bluegill and Zebrafish," at the Experimental Biology 2008 Conference in San Diego,CA held April 5-9,2008.

Lori Carter, Geography, presented a poster entitled, "Habitat Fragmentation of a Small Urbanizing Watershed in Hays County, Texas" at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Boston, MA held April 15-19, 2008.

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.

Christine Coats, Geography Education, presented a paper entitled "National And International Online Interaction in Geography Education," at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Boston, MA held April 15-19,2008.

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.

Mindy Conyers, Environmental Geography, presented a paper entitled "The Spatial Variation of Bed Material Size and Shape in the Headwaters of the Animas River, Colorado,USA," at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers held April 15-19,2008.

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.

Sandra L. Cook-Hildreth, Aquatic 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.

Melody Warren Crenshaw, Geography, presented "Geography in U.S. National Parks," at The Geographical Association Annual Conference at the University of Surrey in Guildford Surrey, England held March 27-29,2008.

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.

Jeffrey Davis, Communication Design, poster entitled "Our Aim is to End the Suffering," has won an award for a competition held by Good'08 50x70. The project that helps Social Communication in the Category of War Victims.

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.

Julia Decker, Political Science, presented a paper entitled "Brazilian Homosexuality: Political Groups, Prostitution, Violence and Political Success," at the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies Conference in Flagstaff, AZ held April 9-12,2008.

Onnalita Maniccia, Health Education, presented posters entitled "Physcial Activity and Nutrition Behaviors of Pre-Service Health Teachers" and "Pre-Service Teachers' Health Behaviors and Perceptions of Future Behavior Change" at the 2008 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Convention in Fort Worth Texas, held April 8-12,2008.

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, Environmental 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, 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.

Kristen Epp, Aquatic Resources, presented a paper entitled, “The effect of predator diet on avoidance responses of predator-naive Eurycea nana” at the Evolution Conference in Minneapolis, MN held June 20-24, 2008.

Celeste M. Espinedo, Biology, presented a paper entitled, “Symmetrical Reproductive Isolation: A Tale of Two Species” at the Evolution Conference in Minneapolis, MN held June 20-24, 2008.

Dawn Estrada, Communication Studies, presented a paper entitled "The Cyber Factor: Are There Sex Differences Online? An Analysis of Relational Maintenance through the Use of Computer-Mediated Communication," at the 99th Annual Convention of the Eastern Communication Association in Pittsburg,PA held May 1-4,2008. The paper won Top Paper for the Graduate Poster Session.

Tianfang Fang, Geographic Information Science, presented "An Analysis of the Driving Factors for Land Use Change in Hulin County, China," at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, MA held April 15-19,2008.

Demetrea Farris, 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, 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.

Christina Fleuriet, Communication Studies, presented a paper entitled "The Cyber Factor: Are There Sex Differences Online? An Analysis of Relational Maintenance through the Use of Computer-Mediated Communication," at the 99th Annual Convention of the Eastern Communication Association in Pittsburg,PA held May 1-4,2008. The paper won Top Paper for the Graduate Poster Session.

Adrienne Foreman, 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 - Adult,Professional & Community Education, presented at the UCEA conference in Washington, D.C. held November 2007.  The presentation was entitled “Community as Pedagogy”.

Sophia L. Gonzales, Geography-Resource & Environmental Studies, 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.
-- presented a paper entitled "Minority Students on the Periphery:Domesticating Canagarajah's Geopolitics" at the CCCC Conevention 2008: Writing Realities, Changing Realities in New Orleans, LA held April 2-5,2008.
--presented a paper entitled "Minority Students on the Periphery:Domesticating Canagarajah's Geopolitics in Writing Centers" at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano (NACCS) XXXV Poesia, Baile y Cancion:The Politics, Implications and Future of Chicana/o's Cultural Production in Austin, TX held March 19-22,2008.

Melissa Harbin, English Literature, presented a paper entitled, "Clothed in Muslin and Virtue: The Lady's Newspaper as a Social and Moral Influence" at the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) Conference in Roehampton, England held July 4-5, 2008.

Xueqin He, Geography-Environmental 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.
-- presented a paper entitled "What Makes Floodpain Residents Satisfied with Their Home Location?," at the 2008 AAG Annual Meeting in Boston, MA held April 14-20,2008.

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, Environmental 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-School Improvement, made an oral presentation entitled “Community as Pedagogy” at the UCEA conference in Washington, D.C. held November 15-19, 2007.

Juan Jacinto Hernandez, Education-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.

Cory Holland, Biochemistry, presented a paper entitled "The Analysis of the Mechanism by which Telomerase impacts Chromosome Stability and Cell Viability in Ku mutants," under the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) category at the Experimental Biology Conference held April 4-9,2008.

Delbert Humberson, Geographic Information Science, 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, 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.

Jon Kedrowski, Environmental Geography, presented a poster entitled "Evaluation and Interactive Mapping of an Isolated Section of the Continental Divide Trail in Colorado's South San Juan Mountains," at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Boston, MA held April 15-19,2008.
-- presented a paper and poster entitled "Perceptions on Mount Everest: Measuring Crowding Issues,Challenges,Success, and Environmental Concerns," at the International Cryosphere and Hazards Workshop of the Hindu kush, Himalayan and Tibetan Plateau in Kathmandu, Nepal held March 30 - April 2,2008.

Amanda Keen-Zebert, Environmental Geography, 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.

Shannon Kelly, Geography, presented a poster entitled "The Effects of Mountain Goat Trampling within the Western Mountain Ridges of Glacier National Park, Montana," at the Association of American Geographers in Boston, MA held April 14-19,2008.

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.

Russell Kirkscey, Communication Studies, presented a paper entitled “A New Era: Democracy, Expectancy, and Perspective by Incongruity after 9/11” at the Seventh Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society at Villanova University held June 29 through July 1.

Jen Korn, Wildlife Ecology, presented "Evaluating Avian Communities of the Blanco River Valley using Occupancy Modeling and Landowner conducted surveys," at the Southeastern Natural Resources Graduate Student Symposium in Starkville, MS held March 26-27,2008.

Kasey Korth, Theatre History, presented a paper entitled "The Women in William Inge's "Bus Stop,":Giving a Voice to Women in the 1950's," at the William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence, KS held April 26,2008.

Yazmin Lazcano,Literature, presented a paper entitled, "Building Civic Agency by Teaching Chicana/o Students with Multi-genre Materials" at the NACCS 2008 Tejas Regional Conference, “Mi Educación es la Causa”: Chicana and Chicano Pedagogy in the 21^st Century held in McAllen, TX held February 28-March 1, 2008.
-- Presented a paper entitled, "Writing Assessment in 'The Borderlands of Culture': Negotiating Cultural Bias and Rhetorical Flexibility"  at the Fifty-Ninth Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication: Writing Realities, Changing Realities held in New Orleans, LA held April 2-5, 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 Meng, Geographic Information Science, 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.

Rachel Marks, Communication disorders, presented "Identifying Morphological Impairment in Young African American Speakers - Phase 1 ,"at the National Black Association os Speech-Language Hearing(NBASLH), in Washington D.C. held April 17-19,2008.

Carlton Mathis, Applied 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.

Erin McAuley, Geography, presented a poster entitled "Environmental Effects of Coal Power Plants on Texas Reservoirs," at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Boston, MA held April 14-18,2008.

Shawn McCracken, Aquatic Resources, gave an oral presentation entitled,"Does the canopy hold a missing piece of the Amazon rainforest amphibian diversity? New species from a new frontier in Yasuní National Park, Amazonian Ecuador" at the 2008 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting in Paramaribo, Suriname held June 2008. He received a 2008 ATBC Travel Award in the amount of $500.

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, Adult, Professional & Community Education, 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-Geographic 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.
--presented "Survey Development and Measurement of Geography Teacher Self-efficacy," at the Association of American Geographers conference in Boston, MA held April 14-19,2008.

Edris J. Montalvo, Geographic Education, 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, Geographic Education, 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, Music, 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, Music, 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, Environmental 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 , 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, Music, 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".
-- presented a paper entitled "On the Reception of East German Music in the US," at the American Musicological Society Rocky Mountain Chapter Conference in Logan, UT held MArch 28-29,2008.

Robin Ramirez, Education -School Improvement, 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.

Megan Rios, Communication Studies, presented a poster entitled "Communication Satisfaction in the Termination of Same-Sex Friendships," at the Eastern Communication Association Conference held May 1-4,2008.

Heather K. Robinson, Creative Writing, 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, Music, 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.

Michael Saenz, Communication Studies, presented a poster entitled "The Effects of Conflict on Small Group Cohesion: An Empirical Analysis" at the Eastern Communication Association Conference in Pittsburg, PA held AMy 1-4,2008.

Marta Salazar, Anthropology, presented a paper entitled "The Life and  Death of Mexican American Grave Decorations," at The Society for Applied Anthropology 68th Annual Meeting: The Public Sphere and Engaged Scholarship-Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Anthropology in Memphis, TN held March 25-29,2008.
-- Recently received the 2008 Preservation Fellows Award from the Texas Historical Commission.

Eric Samson, Environmental Geography, presented a paper entitled "Environmental Parity of Official and Autonomous Municipios in Zapatista Chiapas, Mexico," in the Mexico: Economical and Political Geography Session at the Association of American Geographers Conference in Boston, MA held April19,2008.

Steve Schermerhorn, Geographic Education, 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.”

Shobhit Sharma, Biology, presented a poster entitled  "Exploration of Gene changes in Circadian rhythm in Zebrafish eyes using Microarray Technology," at the Experimental Biology 2008 Conference in San Diego, CA held April 5-9,2008.

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.

Julie Strickland, Social Work, presented "Psychosocial Recovery from the Tsunami in Tamil Nadu, India: A Social Development Response," at the Social Welfare Action Alliance Conference held April 4-6,2008.

Debbie Swann, 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,  Music, 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.
--presented a paper entitled "Spatially Explicit, Individual-based Model of Mexican Free-Tailed Bat Urban Habitat Use in Austin, TX," at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Boston, MA held April 15-19,2008.

Sunni Taylor, Biology, presented a poster entitled, "the genetic architecture of hybrid fitness in the Louisiana Iris species complex" at the Botanical Society of America Conference in Vancouver, BC. 2008.

Nancy Tian, Geographic Information Science, gave a presentation entitled "Regional Cluster Analysis of Female Breast Cancer at the County level," at the American Association of Geography 2008 Conference in Boston, MA held April 15-20,2008.

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.

Monica Valadez, Educational Admisnitration, presented "Biography as Pedagogy:Implications for Transformational Learning" at the International Society of Educational Biography in Chicago, IL held April 24-26,2008.
-- presented "Community as Pedagogy" at the 4th International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry Conference in Urbana -Champaign, IL held May 14-17,2008.

Bricio E. Vasquez, 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.

Pamela Wadende, Adult, Professional and Community Education, presented a paper entitled "Women and War in Africa: A Kenyan Experience," at the War and Conflicts in Africa Conference in Austin,TX held March 28-30,2008.

Jiao Wang, Geographic Information System, presented a paper entitled "Detecting Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Texas-Mexico Border Twin Cities with Remote Sensing Data Beginning in 1980's," at the AAG conference in Boston, MA held April 15-19,2008.

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

A. Case Watkins, Geography, presented a paper entitled "Through the Lens of Katrina: A Historical Geography of the Social Patterns of Flood Exposure in New Orleans, 1970-2005," at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, MA held April 18,2008.

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.

Phil Wheeler, Chemistry, presented a poster entitled, " Anti-Biofouling Polymeric Windows: Addititve Effects on Mechanical and Optical Properties," at the American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting in New Orleans held April 5-8,2008.

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, Geographic Information Science, 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 , 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 , 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.

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 , 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 , 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, 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 - Adult,Professional & Community Education, 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, Adult,Professional & Community 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 , 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  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, Creative Writing, 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, 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, Environmental Geography , 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, Technical Communication, 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, Geographic Information Science, 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 , 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, Geographic Education, 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, 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   Februa