Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive <http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa44e1&id... | Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> education.utsa.edu<http://education.utsa.edu/> [COEHDnews] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... COEHDnews -- Week of Wed, November 23, 2016 Spotlight Two ELPS professors elected to leadership positions<http://education.utsa.edu/spotlight/article/two_elps_profess... [Deleon-rodriguez] Two professors from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies were elected to leadership positions in national education organizations this past week. Dr. Abraham DeLeon, associate professor, was elected to the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Executive Council for a three year term. Dr. Mariela Rodriguez, associate professor and associate dean in the UTSA Graduate School, was elected as the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) President-Elect and will assume presidency of the council next year. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... ________________________________ COEHDnews New phone app hopes to help save lives<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/new_phone_app_to_help_sav... by BYRON SPENCER, COEHD| Pub: 11/21 [Screen shot 2016-11-21 at 10.10.45 am]Walking across campus to a far off parking lot can be a daunting task. The same trek alone, and at night, adds a new dimension of anxiety and stress to the situation. If only you had a panic button you could press if anything were to occur. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... ________________________________ Announcements Proposals now accepted for UTSA civic engagement summit<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/proposal... All UTSA community members and partner organizations are encouraged to submit workshop proposals that enhance and build on the event’s theme, “Building a Civic Infrastructure for a Changing Democracy.” Workshop topics could include civic engagement strategies, highlights of impactful community projects, civic participation technologies, community based research projects, and more. The hope is to share ideas, cross pollinate on research and best practices, and ultimately energize our community to be engaged with advancing the public good. Proposals will be evaluated by a committee of reviewers and rated for their overall quality, qualifications of the presenter(s), alignment with the theme of the summit, relevance and importance of the topic, and quality of accomplishing the learning objectives. Sessions are also selected to provide a balanced program with a wide variety of topics. Due by Dec. 21, 2016 at 5 p.m. Two BBL doctoral students receive scholar travel award<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/two_bbl_d... Nancy Gonzales and Janeth Martinez Shirley Brice Heath New CAE Scholar Travel Stipend Council on Anthropology and Education Nancy Gonzales and Janeth Martinez, two doctoral students from the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies were the recipients of the Shirley Brice Heath New CAE Scholar Travel Stipend, sponsored by the Council on Anthropology and Education (CAE), a section of the American Anthropology Association. This award is offered yearly to 4-5 new scholars among the entire CAE membership and conference attendees. Both students attended the conference this past weekend to receive the award. Nancy Cecilia Gonzales was a bilingual classroom teacher for 17 years. Currently she is the bilingual/ESL coordinator and bilingual interventionist for her school. She is also a PhD student in the Culture, Language, and Literacy program at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research is about mathematical co-construction in a two-way immersion dual language program. She is interested in how students come to understand mathematics in a bilingual setting. Her advisor is Dr. Jorge Solis. Janeth Martinez is a doctoral student in the Culture, Language, and Literacy Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is the current managing editor of the Association of Mexican American Educators Journal. Her research interests focus on Latino first-generation college students and their academic discourse socialization, college persistence, and success. Her advisor is Dr. Patricia Sánchez. Thesis defense of Maria Elena Camargo<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/thesis_... Maria Elena Camargo Pupil Dilation, Motor Imagery, and Cognitive Load The Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition announces the thesis defense of Maria Elena Camargo. "Pupil Dilation, Motor Imagery, and Cognitive Load" Date: Monday, November 28, 2016 Time: 3:00pm Location: Main Building, room 2.220 Thesis chair: Dr. Alberto Cordova Committee members: Dr. Wan Yao and Dr. William Land Presentation is open to the public ________________________________ Events Calendar DEC 10 SAWP Super Saturday: Cuentos and Kahani Project<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/sawp_super_saturday_cu... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] TBD [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - Buena Vista 2.304 JAN 14 Texas Reading Specialist Exam Study Session<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/texas_reading_speciali... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 2:00 - 4:00 p.m [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - TBD FEB 03 2017 Leadership Summit: Cultural Literacy, Language, and Diversity in the Community<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/2017_leadership_summ... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 8:30 am - 4:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - TBD FEB 25 13th Annual Storytelling Festival<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/13th_annual_storytell... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - TBD APR 20 Duncan Tonatiuh Lecture<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/duncan_tonatiuh_lectur... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 6:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - TBD [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rowdy_close.png] External News Federal Judge Block’s Obama’s Overtime-Pay Rule<http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/federal-judge-blocks-obamas... by NICK DESANTIS - The Chronicle of Higher Education | Pub: 11/23 A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday blocked the Obama administration’s effort to extend overtime pay to millions more workers, after 21 states and dozens of business groups asserted that the rule was unlawful and would cause them irreparable harm. Bullying and ELLs: What Teachers Can Do<http://blog.tesol.org/bullying-and-ells-what-teachers-can-do/#more-... by KRISTEN LINDAHL - TESOL Blog | Pub: 11/22 As both children and speakers of other languages, school-age English learners are particularly vulnerable to bullying. This blog helps teachers and teacher educators recognize signs and causes of bullying and presents some steps they can take to prevent it. When The Students On Campus Have Kids Of Their Own<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/18/502003007/when-the-stude... by NOAH ADAMS - NPR | Pub: 11/21 The young women in this story have labels. Three labels: Single, mother, college student. They're raising a child and getting an education — three of the 2.6 million unmarried parents attending U.S. colleges and universities. Boosting Attendance In Preschool Can Start With A Knock On The Door<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/21/499361835/boosting-atte... by ELISSA NADWORNY - NPR | Pub: 11/21 There's a lot attention right now on improving attendance in schools — making sure kids don't miss too many days. But what about the littlest students — those 3 and 4 years old? New research shows that if kids miss a lot of preschool, they're way more likely to have problems in kindergarten or later on. What a 1950s Texas Textbook Can Teach Us About Today’s Textbook Fight<http://tpr.org/post/what-1950s-texas-textbook-can-teach-us-about... by NATHAN BERNIER & NATHAN BERNIER, KUT NEWS - Texas Public Radio | Pub: 11/21 The Texas State Board of Education preliminarily voted 14-0 today to reject a Mexican-American history textbook that scholars have said was riddled with inaccuracies. A final vote on the textbook is due Friday. UT System advisory committee invites input on search for new UTSA President<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2016/11/search.html> by CHRISTI FISH - UTSA Today | Pub: 11/21 The UTSA Presidential Search Advisory Committee will hold a town hall meeting to receive input from the campus community on the search for the university’s next president. The meeting is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday, December 2 in the Main Building Auditorium (MB 0.104) on the UTSA Main Campus. The Move to Merge UTSA and UTHSCSA<https://therivardreport.com/the-move-to-merge-utsa-and-uthscsa... by ROBERT RIVARD - The Rivard Report | Pub: 11/21 With the looming competitive threat of two new regional medical schools in the University of Texas System opening north and south of San Antonio, a growing number of business and civic leaders are expressing support for once again exploring a merger of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and City Councilman Joe Krier (D9) sent a jointly signed letter on Nov. 9 to UT System Chancellor William McRaven asking him to formally consider the merger and to meet with them to discuss the matter. They hope to meet with McRaven sometime in December. TEA tells schools they must serve kids with disabilities<http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/TEA-tells-s... by BRIAN ROSENTHAL - San Antonio Express-News | Pub: 11/21 Facing increasing criticism over its special education enrollment benchmark, the Texas Education Agency this week told schools that they must provide services to all eligible students with disabilities and that they will no longer be penalized for serving too many children. In a five-page letter, Penny Schwinn, the agency’s deputy commissioner of academics, advised school districts that a federal provision known as “child find” requires them to locate and evaluate children who live within their boundaries who might qualify for services such as tutoring, counseling and therapy. “A school district’s failure to meet the child find requirements is a serious matter,” Schwinn wrote. A Few Education Bills to Watch in the 2017 Legislature<https://therivardreport.com/a-few-education-bills-to-watch... by BEKAH MCNEEL - The Rivard Report | Pub: 11/21 While many have spent the post-election weeks revisiting their copies of the Constitution to figure out exactly what a president can and cannot do, Texas legislators have been practicing their own governing powers. Lawmakers around the state have begun to file bills that will set the agenda for the 2017 Legislature. Topics range from the use of fireworks in celebration of Juneteenth, to the compensation of prison inmates, to the renaming of a highway in Dallas to honor former Gov. Ann Richards, all the way to regulations for oyster boats. While few of these bills will actually become laws, a perusal of the bills filed offers useful insight into how the decisions made in Austin might affect our lives. ________________________________ Publications Free-Operant Field Experiences<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> LEE MASON, ALONZO ANDREWS, DON DAVIS - Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching | Global Education Review: 11/16 Mason, L. L., Andrews, A., Rivera, C. J., & Davis*, D. (2016). Free-operant field experiences: Differentially reinforcing successive approximations to behavior analysis through a shaperspace. Global Education Review, 3(4), 70-83. Research CITL Literacy Coaching at Barrera Veterans Elementary in Somerset ISD<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Somerset Independent School District Submitted: $1,800 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: A Non-Invasive Elderly Sensor Platform<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Wise Wear Inc Submitted: $6,274 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Sakiko Oyama Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Employment Patterns in Educator Sexual Misconduct<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Spencer Foundation Submitted: $46,634 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: David Thompson Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: Catherine Robert Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Designing Academic Conversations: Effects on Writing and Reading Argumentation in Science and…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Submitted: $10,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Rosalind Horowitz Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: The Contributions of Language Skills to Bilingual Children’s Literacy Development in Early…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Submitted: $9,980 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Becky Huang Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Nicole Wicha Other Academics Youth Affinity Group and Reading: Its Effect on Increasing Literacy<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Submitted: $9,924 Other Academics PI: Jeffrey Halley Other Academics CI: Alicia Villareal Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Inferential Thinking in Early Childhood Classrooms<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Submitted: $9,938 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Guan Saw Educational Psychology Engaging Preschoolers in Literacy through Parent-Created Stories<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Submitted: $10,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Miriam Martinez Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Janis Harmon Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching The Use of Postmodern Picture Books to Promote Close Reading by Fourth Grade Latino/a Students<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> VPR- Achieving Literacy Initiative (ALI) Submitted: $10,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Janis Harmon Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Miriam Martinez Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Exploring the Pedagogical Language Knowledge of Secondary Science teachers<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Submitted: Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Jorge Solis Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Assessing Protective Health Factors among bisexual Latinxs in South Texas<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Submitted: $5,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Phillip Schnarrs Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Sara Oswalt Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Coping with Academic Distress: Measuring College Students’ Behavior Change Using the…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Awarded: $4,947 Educational Psychology PI: Kara Styck Educational Psychology CI: Detection of fatigue using a wearable sensor in baseball pitchers<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Awarded: $4,901 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Sakiko Oyama Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Preparing Bilingual Teachers to Support Scientific Biliteracy<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Submitted: Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Jorge Solis Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Exploring Moral Panic and Transgender Rights in the U.S.: Development of the Moral Panic…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Awarded: $2,500 Counselling PI: Derek Robertson Counselling CI: Allison Pow Counselling Dietary Supplement Intake, Potential Medication- Supplement Interactions, and Sarcopenia in the…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Submitted: $4,995 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Sarah Ullevig Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Whether and Under What Conditions Inclusive STEM High Schools influence Student Outcomes?<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Awarded: $5,000 Educational Psychology PI: Guan Saw Educational Psychology CI: An Investigation of the Validity of a University-Level ESL Placement Assessment<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Awarded: $4,912 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Becky Huang Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Juliet Langman Bicultural-Bilingual Studies L.E.A.P.S. (Learning Engineering, Acoustics, and Physics with Synthesizers)<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Submitted: $4,995 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Vittorio Marone Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Digital Literacy Practices of 1st Generation Multilingual Hispanic Students: Understanding the…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Submitted: $4,945 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Martha Sidury Christiansen Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Universal Mental Health Screening: Implications for School-Based Evaluation and Intervention<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Submitted: $4,267 Educational Psychology PI: Victor Villarreal Educational Psychology CI: Jeremy Sullivan Educational Psychology Culturally Responsive Applied Behavior Analysis<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> COEHD Faculty Research Award Awarded: $5,000 Educational Psychology PI: Leslie Neely Educational Psychology CI: Aerobic exercise and central pain inhibitory processing in African Americans<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> National Institutes of Health R21 Submitted: $373,786 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Masataka Umeda Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Examining Autism as a Contingency-Shaped Disorder of Verbal Behavior<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> National Institutes of Health R21 Submitted: $274,008 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Lee Mason Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: ________________________________ [https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/education.utsa....] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... 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