Annual Diversity Forum
14th Annual Diversity Forum & Graduate Student Poster Fair
May 1, 2009
245 Ramseyer Hall
Topic: "What is the Role of Diversity in Research? Responses from a 21st Century College of Education and Human Ecology"
Sponsored by: The College Council Research & Diversity Committees & The Office of Diversity, International, and Global Affairs
Questions? Contact us at (614) 292-1936 or eheoed@ehe.osu.edu.
Schedule
- 8:00 am - Registration
- 8:30 am - Opening -- Dr. Caroline Clark and Dr. Robert Ransom
- 9:00 - 9:55 am - Graduate Student Poster Roundtable Presentations Session #1
- 10:00 - 10:55 am - Graduate Student Poster Roundtable Presentations Session #2
- 11:00 am - Diversity Forum: Guest Faculty Panel Discussion
- 12:10 pm - Student Gift Card Drawings
- 12:15pm - Closing -- Associate Dean
Panelists
Dr. David Bloome, School of Teaching and Learning, is a Professor and researcher interested in how people use written language to construct knowledge and learning opportunities, to construct social relationships and social identity, to create collective memory, to connect people and events across time and space, and to improve their communities and the various "worlds" in which they live. Dr. Bloome is interested in the potential of classroom education (preschool through high school) for connecting academic learning and local knowledge and for building communities. Dr. Bloome is also interested in the teaching and learning of reading and writing in ways that have meaning for students, their families, and their communities, and that integrate academic excellence with social justice.
Dr. Michael Glassman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science. Dr. Glassman's research interests lie in the area of democracy in education by exploring the role of the democratic classroom in the education process and the importance of maintaining a process-oriented curriculum. Dr. Glassman is also interested in democratic community and decision making through the development of democratic groups in different venues who explore their role in the decision making process.
Dr. Hugo Melgar-Quinonez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition. He also holds appointments as a nutrition specialist with Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. His research addresses the following issues: 1) Food security and community nutrition in immigrant Latino population groups in Ohio and the United States; and 2) Development and validation of household food security measurements in Latin America and other countries in the developing world.
Dr. Jan Nespor, School of Educational Policy and Leadership, is a Professor of Cultural Foundations, Technology, and Qualitative Inquiry. Dr. Nespor's research interests are educational anthropology, school organization and politics, educational time and space, qualitative methodology, educational change, and disability studies in education.
Dr. Cynthia Dillard, School of Teaching and Learning, is a Professor of Multicultural Education. Dr. Dillard's major research interests include critical multicultural education, spirituality in teaching and learning, epistemological concerns in research and African/African American feminist studies. Most recently, Dr. Dillard's research has focused in Ghana, West Africa, where she has established a preschool and is enstooled as Nana Mansa II, Queen Mother of Development, in the village of Mpeasem.
Student Presentations: 9:00 - 9:55 a.m.
| Seminar Title | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Gender Equity in Veterinary Education | Clare Allen, ED P&L | 245 RA |
| Preparing Pre-service Social Studies Teachers for Culturally Diverse Classrooms Through Methods Courses | Christina Bragg, ED T&L | 136 RA |
| Skinfolk and Kinfolk: How Black Students Replicate Fictive Kin as a Retention Mechanism at Predominately White Institutions (PWIs) | Kerra S. Carson, ED P&L | 110 RA |
| The Effect of Teacher Affinity on Students' Valuing of Learning About HIV and Pregnancy Prevention | DeLeon L. Gray, ED P&L | 200 RA |
| An Analysis of Common and Specialized Content Knowledge Courses in Physical Education Teacher Education Programs in Ohio | Insook Kim and Yun Soo Lee, PAES | 136 RA |
| Did the United States Really Lose the International Horse Race in Student Achievement? A Brief on the Politics of Comparison and Differentiation in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) (and What They have to do with Ohio's Public Schools) | Peilun Lucy Lee, ED P&L | 110 RA |
| Developing GLBTQA Identities Through Learning Communities | Jennifer Nailos, ED P&L | 245 RA |
| Writing the Words and Writing the Lives: Identity is a Central Link in Learning Academic Literacies | Hyechong Park, T&L | 200 RA |
| Perceptions of Gender Roles Among Pre-School Students | Shannon Rankin, PAES | 245 RA |
| The Use of Literacy in Multiple Settings within a High School | Mary Beth Ressler, T&L | 200 RA |
Student Presentations: 10:00 - 10:55 a.m.
| Seminar Title | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|
| "Teaching of Diversity" in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) | Jihoun An, Irmak Hurmeric, and Constantine Psimopoulos, PAES | 110 RA |
| Physical Education Teachers' Attitudes and Understandings about Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Teaching Black Male Students at Urban Schools | Frankie G. Collins, PAES | 110 RA |
| Dialogic Dramatic Inquiry: A New Literacy Approach to Learning Through Socially Just Means | Camille Cushman, Mary Beth Ressler, and Meredith Whittaker, T&L | 200 RA |
| Gathering Stories for Literary and Cross-Cultural Insight with Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Youth | Tati Durriyah, Detra Price-Dennis, and Allison Volz, T&L; and Nidia Merino-Chavez, Anthropology | 136 RA |
| Book Reading Practices in a School for Special Needs | Jaclyn M. Dynia, T&L | 200 RA |
| A Narrative Exploration of Latino Males in the Postsecondary Pipeline | Adrian Huerta, ED P&L | 136 RA |
| Parental Involvement in Motor Skill Development of Children | Irmak Hurmeric, PAES | 110 RA |
| Comparing Effectiveness of Phonics versus Whole Language Sight Work Interventions with Small N | Lindsay Mendelson, PAES | 245 RA |
| How Diverse is Diversity? On the Limits and Dangers of Ideology | Sam Rocha, P&L | 200 RA |
| Pre-service Teachers Perspectives in Equity Literacies | Renee Spanos, T&L | 200 RA |
| Reducing Summer Reading Setback: Making a Difference with Rural Middle School Students Who Participate in a Summer Online Reading and Learning Community | Robert Wilson, T&L | 245 RA |
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