COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, December 06, 2019

COEHDnews

Dr. Mari Riojas-Cortez awarded NAECTE’s 2019 Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator Award

Dr. Mari Riojas-Cortez, from the department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, was recently selected by the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE) to receive the 2019 Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator Award.

by KARLA BROADUS | Pub: 12/06

MLK, Jr. March January 20, 2020

President Taylor Eighmy, Provost Kimberly Espy and VPIE Myron Anderson are all expected to attend and march alongside UTSA students, faculty, staff and alumni. The MLK, Jr. Parade theme this year is Dream, Believe, Unite, Do all of which UTSA believes and supports.

by JUSTINE CANTU | Pub: 12/06

The Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition’s Dietetic Program hosts Friendsgiving

In partnership with UTSA’s Roadrunner Pantry and the Campus Recreation Center, the dietetic program hosted a “Friendsgiving Luncheon” for UTSA students on November 25, a few days before Thanksgiving, to gather and enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving meal.

COEHDannouncements

Dissertation Defense: Einas Albadawi Tarboush

Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies proudly announces the dissertation proposal of:
Einas Albadawi Tarboush
Doctoral Candidate for the Ph.D. in Culture, Literacy, and Language
Dissertation Proposal Title:
Muslim Syrian Adolescent Refugees’ Resettlement Experiences in the U.S.:
A Critical Narrative Analysis
Date: Monday, December 9, 2019
Time: 10:00am
Location: Main Campus
Room: Main Building 3.112A (BBL conference room)
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Juliet Langman
Committee Members: Dr. Kristen Lindahl, Dr. Patricia Sánchez, Dr. Martha Sidury Christiansen

Presentation is open to the public.

Dissertation Defense: Nguyen Dao

Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies proudly announces the dissertation proposal of:
Nguyen Dao
Doctoral Candidate for the Ph.D. in Culture, Literacy, and Language
Dissertation Proposal Title:
Toward Biliteracy Socialization for Vietnamese American Children: A Case Study in Two Contexts
Date: Friday, December 13, 2019
Time: 11:00am
Location: Main Campus
Room: Main Building 3.112A (BBL conference room)
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Martha Sidury Christiansen
Committee Members: Dr. Juliet Langman, Dr. Gilberto Lara, Dr. Kathryn Henderson

Presentation is open to the public.

COEHDevents

DEC

Information Session: Ph.D. in Culture, Literacy, and Language

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Main Campus - Main Building, 3.308

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COEHDexternal news

The Building Blocks of Pre-K 4 SA

by KATHLEEN PETTY - San Antonio Magazine | Pub: 12/06

Seven years after welcoming its first students, Pre-K 4 SA has a proven success record with test scores from its first cohort showing improved levels of reading and math through third grade plus better attendance than their peers who didn’t attend public preschool. The education program that is funded by an eighth-cent sales tax will go before voters again in 2020. Should it continue?

Could Graphic Novels Be The Future Of U.S. History?

by MICHAEL KUENLEN - Georgia Public Broadcasting | Pub: 12/06

It is no secret that graphic novels have been creeping into the social studies curriculum. Educators from the Cult of Pedagogy to Edutopia, the National Council for Teachers of English to Scholastic are promoting the genre. Possibly the most famous is Maus, about the experiences of a Holocaust survivor. But more and more books are being created and increasingly their timelines are intersecting.

UTSA students to build smart home on Downtown Campus

by INGRID WRIGHT - UTSA Today | Pub: 12/06

Students in UTSA’s College of Architecture, Construction and Planning will be a part of the design, construction and optimization process of a sustainable, universally designed smart home. The project will provide architecture students with an opportunity to collaborate with engineering students and incorporate technology in the architecture of a building that serves the end users and preserves the environment.

COEHDpublications

Borderland Language Conflicts: A study of cross-national interactions and cultural resolutions

DR. ROSALIND HOROWITZ - Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching | UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Works: 08/29

Rodriguez, Joshua; Gonzalez, Liliana; Myers, Kate, & Horowitz, Rosalind. (2019), Borderland Language Conflicts: A study of cross-national interactions and cultural resolutions. UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Works, Office of the Vice President for Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Vol. 6.

COEHDresearch

Development & Pilot Testing of Multi-Level Intervention to Increase Family Planning in Rural Uganda

National Institutes of Health
Submitted:      Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI:   Katelyn Sileo  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:

A Gender Transformative Implementation Strategy with Providers to Improve HIV Outcomes in Uganda

National Institutes of Health
Submitted:      Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
PI:   Katelyn Sileo  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition
CI:

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