COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, July 28, 2017

Spotlight

COEHD hosts S.A. Math Collaborative summer session

The San Antonio Mathematics Collaborative (SAMC) provides secondary mathematics teachers who work in high-needs schools with ongoing professional development and classroom mentoring. The current cycle is in its second year and includes 29 middle and high school teachers and 13 dual credit pre-calculus teachers. During the three-week summer session, participants work with project directors, mentors, and master teachers not only to develop deeper understandings of content, but also to develop classroom-ready activities focused on problem solving and higher-order thinking skills. Teachers also attended the Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching in Ft. Worth, TX. During the academic year participants will attend one session per month at UTSA tailored to their needs and will receive classroom-based mentoring by university partners. The pre-calculus group will also teach one lesson at UTSA. SAMC is a collaboration between the COEHD (Dr. Emily Bonner), ATE (Mrs. Effie Mata), and COS (Dr. Betty Travis, Dr. Priya Prasad, and Dr. Cody Patterson). Dr. Bonner has been the PI on this project with Dr. Travis (Co-PI) since 2012. (Dr. Emily Bonner/Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching)

COEHDnews

UTSA professor wants to prevent shoulder and elbow injuries in adolescent baseball pitchers 

by JESUS CHAVEZ, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 07/27

Sakiko Oyama wants to prevent shoulder and elbow injuries in teen baseball players. The kinesiology professor studies the science of upper body movement, injury prevention and rehabilitation using state-of-the-art assessment equipment in her lab.

COEHD names new leadership for Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition

by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 07/24

The UTSA College of Education and Human Development has named Dr. Sara Oswalt, associate professor of health, as the new chair for the Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition. Oswalt will begin her leadership role on August 2.

Submit a Story View all News

Announcements

Taylor Eighmy officially named president of UTSA

The University of Texas System Board of Regents named T. Taylor Eighmy, Ph.D., the next president of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Eighmy, currently the vice chancellor for research and engagement at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, will begin his new role Sept. 1. Regents approved the appointment at a special called meeting of the board today. Eighmy was unanimously selected as the sole finalist for the position at a board meeting last month. Under state law, university governing boards must name finalists for a presidency at least 21 days before making an appointment.

Read more: http://www.utsa.edu/today/2017/07/story/Eighmy-named.html

Submit a Story View all Announcements

Events Calendar

AUG

8th Annual Texas Higher Education Symposium

8 am - 5 pm

Other -

Austin, Texas

AUG

Operation R.I.S.E.

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Other - Tri-Point YMCA Grantham Hall, 3233 N. St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas 78212

OCT

2017 TACUSPA Fall Annual Conference

8 am - 5 pm

Other - Renaissance Richardson, 900 E. Lookout Drive, Richardson, Texas 75082

OCT

Texas AEYC 53rd Annual Conference

7:00 a.m.

Other -

Hyatt Regency San Antonio, 123 Losoya St, San Antonio, TX 78205

NOV

Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test Workshop

11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Main Campus -

John Peace Library 3.02.38

NOV

2017 UCEA Annual Convention

8 am - 5 pm

Other -

Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, CO

Upcoming Conferences

AUG

8th Annual Texas Higher Education Symposium

8 am - 5 pm

Other -

Austin, Texas

OCT

2017 TACUSPA Fall Annual Conference

8 am - 5 pm

Other - Renaissance Richardson, 900 E. Lookout Drive, Richardson, Texas 75082

OCT

Texas AEYC 53rd Annual Conference

7:00 a.m.

Other -

Hyatt Regency San Antonio, 123 Losoya St, San Antonio, TX 78205

External News

Cluster Of HIV Cases Involves Hispanic Men In San Antonio

by WENDY RIGBY - TPR | Pub: 07/28

San Antonio physicians are being alerted about a rapidly growing cluster of new HIV cases. These infections are being monitored by the Centers for Disease Control. Stigma about homosexuality and AIDS in the Hispanic community may be part of the problem.

School Districts Look to Philippines to Fill Teacher Vacancies

by BRENDA IASEVOLI - Education Week | Pub: 07/26

Clark County School District in Nevada recently hired more than 80 special education teachers from the Philippines. The Las Vegas district isn't alone in turning to the island nation to fill openings, particularly in shortage areas like special education. School districts from Los Angeles to New York City have for decades recruited Filipino teachers.

VetSuccess on Campus provides counseling, insight into benefits available to UTSA student veterans

by COURTNEY CLEVENGER - UTSA Today | Pub: 07/26

The transition from military life to student life can be challenging for student veterans. Fortunately, a program located at UTSA makes the process easier.

UTSA brings augmented reality books to San Antonio

by PRIYA SRIDHAR - KENS 5 | Pub: 07/26

UTSA has brought nearly 30 augmented reality children's books to San Antonio and is in the process of teaching its education students how they might use these kinds of books in a classroom.

6 Leadership Imperatives

by TOM ROCKLIN - Inside Higher Ed | Pub: 07/25

Retiring senior administrator Tom Rocklin lists the six key things he knows now that he would have liked to have known when just starting out.

Creating a Unique Transnational Place: Deterritorialized Discourse and the Blending of Time…

by CHRISTINA HAAS - SAGE Journals | Pub: 07/24

Written Communication Editor Christina Haas talks to M. Sidury Christiansen about her article from the April 2017 issue, "Creating a Unique Transnational Place: Deterritorialized Discourse and the Blending of Time and Space in Online Social Media."

What does a scientist look like? The ‘Skype a Scientist’ program helps schoolkids find out.

by JULIA FRANZ - PRI | Pub: 07/24

If the first image that popped into your head was an older man with frizzy hair and a white lab coat, surrounded by bubbling test tubes, you’re not wrong — the Einsteinlike “mad scientist” is still a prevailing image in popular culture.

Camp Helps Refugee Students Integrate, One Book at a Time

by BEKAH MCNEEL - The Rivard Report | Pub: 07/24

If you ask 10-year-old Ti where he’s from, he’ll tell you he’s from Thailand. If you ask what part of Thailand, he’ll tell you, “section six.” Ti belongs to the Karenni people, an ethnic group persecuted in their home country of Myanmar. He was born in a refugee camp for Karenni people who crossed the border into Thailand. He grew up in section six of one of the camps.

Publications

Examining the effects of socio-economic status and language input on adolescent English learners’...

BECKY HUANG - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | System: 07/27

Huang, B., Chang, Y.S., Niu, L., & Mingxia, Z.(2017). Examining the effects of socio-economic status and language input on adolescent English learners' speech production outcomes. System, 1-10. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0346251X17300933

The Impact of Being Labeled as a Persistently Lowest Achieving School: Regression Discontinuity…

GUAN SAW - Educational Psychology | American Journal of Education: 07/27

Saw, G., Schneider, B., Frank, K., Chen, I., Keesler, V., & Martineau, J. (2017). The impact of being labeled as a persistently lowest achieving school: Regression discontinuity evidence on consequential school labeling. American Journal of Education, 123, 585-613. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/doi/full/10.1086/692665

The role of texting and digital multiliteracies in the EFL classroom

M. SIDURY CHRISTIANSEN - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | MEXTESOL Journal: 07/24

Christiansen, M. S., Li, S., and Bailey, M. (forthcoming, August 2017). The role of texting and digital multiliteracies in the EFL classroom. MEXTESOL Journal, 41(3).

Multimodal L2 composition: EAP in the digital era

M. SIDURY CHRISTIANSEN - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | International Journal of Language Studies: 07/24

Christiansen, M. S. (2017). Multimodal L2 composition: EAP in the digital era. International Journal of Language Studies, 11(3), 53-72. Online first: http://www.ijls.net/pages/volume/vol11no3.html

Creating a unique transnational place: Deterritorialized discourse and the blending of time and…

M. SIDURY CHRISTIANSEN - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | Written Communication: 07/24

Christiansen, M. S. (2017) Creating a unique transnational place: Deterritorialized discourse and the blending of time and space in online social media. Written Communication. Published online first. doi: 10.1177/0741088317693996

Research

San Antonio Applied Behavior Analysis Project

San Antonio Area Foundation
Awarded:   $23,778    Educational Psychology
PI:   Leslie Neely  Educational Psychology
CI:

Evaluation of Teens Project

City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Awarded:   $45,450    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI:   Erica Sosa  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:   Sarah Oswalt  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition

Teacher Academy and Residency: Community of Learning and Practice

US Department of Education
Submitted:   $5,872,221   Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
PI:   Belinda Flores  Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
CI:   Lorena Claeys; Abel Gonzales; Norma Guerra; Margarita Machado-Casas; Kristen Lindahl  Other Academics

A pilot clinical study: tocotrienols suppementation for postmenopausal women with sarcopenia

National Institute of Health
Submitted:   $84,604    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI:   Eunhee Chung  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:

FY 2017 BHWET Competition: Program for the Integrated Training of Counselors in Behavioral…

US Department of Health and Human Services
Submitted:   $804,748    Counselling
PI:   Heather Trepal  Counselling
CI:   Jessica Lloyd-Hazlett; Shane Haberstroh  Counselling

Center for the Inquiry of Transformative Literacies: Renovating for 21st Century Literacy Changes

IMPACT San Antonio
Submitted:   $100,000    Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
PI:   Misty Sailors  Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
CI:   Vittorio Marone  Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching

Combining isoflavones and quality proteins as a dietary strategy to prevent abdominal obesity…

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of TX (CPRIT)
Submitted:   $818,726    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI:   Meizi He  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:   Jianmin Guan; Donovan Fogt, John Zhang; Summer Wilmoth, Meixia Pan  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition

The effect of folate and PSMA on prostate cancer progression under conditions of androgen ablation

CPRIT through The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Submitted:   $43,671    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI:   Sarah Ullevig  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:

Stepping-up Technology Implementation

San Antonio Independent School District
Submitted:   $252,292    Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PI:   Evangeline Aguilera  Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
CI:   Enrique Aleman; Curtis Brewer  Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Aerobic exercise and central pain inhibitory processing in African Americans

National Institute of Health
Submitted:   $1,386,276    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI:   Masataka Umedia  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:   Donovan Fogt  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition


Jo Ann Jones COEHDnews Editor/Writer T: 210.458.4486	Byron Spencer COEHDnews Editor T: 210.458.7396	Jesus Chavez University Communications Media Relations T: 210.458.4937
© Copyright (c) 2015 UTSA College of Education and Human Development. Terms of Use \| Privacy Policy