Wednesday, February 7th
4:30 – 8:30 p.m. REGISTRATION Red Rock Foyer
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Thursday, February 8th
7:30 a.m. – 4: 30 p.m. REGISTRATION Red Rock Foyer
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8:00 – 8:55 a.m. SESSION A – 1 Red Rock 4
Thursday
BUSINESS RELATED ISSUES
Facilitator: Nizamettin Aydin, Suffolk University
“Should Ethics Be Taught? Can Ethics Be Taught?”
Doug Laufer & Rick Crosser, Metro State College – Denver
“An Act of Mistrust: Sarbanes-Oxley and Its Affect on Non-profit Organizations”
Stephanie Rezentes & Wayne Tanna, Chaminade University of Honolulu
“Theoretical Foundation for Joining an Economic and Monetary Union”
Muhannad El-Mefleh, University of Qatar
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8: 00 – 8:55 a.m. SESSION A – 2 Red Rock 5
Thursday
CHRONIC ILLNESS
Facilitator: Le Anne Silvey, Michigan State University
“Lifestyle Practices and Perceptions of Cancer”
Reed Geertsen, Utah State University
“A Qualitative Study of Individuals with Cancer in Remission”
Michael Firmin, Megan Bailey, Courtney Johnson & Janna
Foster, Cedarville University
“The Psycho-Social Impact of Gastric Bypass Surgery on the Individual
and the Family”
Rhonda Jeter, Bowie State University & Diane Bryant,
Prince George’s County Public Schools
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8:00 – 8:55 a.m. SESSION A–3 Red Rock 8
Thursday
ATTITUDINAL STUDIES
Facilitator: Reed Geertsen, Utah State University
“AttitudesAbout the Natural Environment”
Robert Griffore, Lillian Phenice & Mikiyasu Hakoyama,
Michigan State University
“Attitudes on Alcohol Consumption in Youth Across Ethnic Groups”
Alex Cuc & Dujon Chang, Nova Southeastern University
“An Examination of the Psychological and Geographical Significance
of Pictorial Gravestones as Related to Sense of Self”
Jeffrey Gordon, Bowling Green State University & Esther
Beckmann, Esther S. Beckmann, Ph.D., Inc.
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8:00 - 8:55 a.m. SESSION A-4 Lake Mead 1
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN EDUCATION
Facilitator: Augustine Ihator, Jackson State University
“Ke Kulu Ola Pono” To Rebuild the Proper Path”
Tracy Lynn Del Rosario, & Lynn Simek-Morgan,
Chaminade University of Honolulu
“The Importance of Parental Involvement, Mentors, and School
Counselors on Academic Achievement of Diverse Students”
Melissa Gooden, Honors College, University of South Florida
“The Impacts of Public Schools on Language Loss: Cajun Louisiana”
Michelle Fiedler, Washington State University
9:00 – 9:55 a.m. SESSION B-1 Red Rock 4
Thursday
ETHNICITY AND SPIRITUALITY
Facilitator: Eugene Barrington, Texas Southern University
“Tales of the Supernational: Filipino Spiritual Transcitizenship”
Dana Herrera, St. Mary’s College of California
“Global Concern: The Impact of Spirituality on Care-giving and the
Well-being of Older Adults”
Terry Tirrito, University of South Carolina
“Ottoman Empire as an Example of Good Governance: How Balkans and its
Diverse Ethno-Religious Culture Lived in Harmony for Six Hundred Years?”
Acar Bilican Kemaloglu, Bilkent University
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9:00 – 9:55 a.m. SESSION B - 2 Red Rock 5
Thursday
ENHANCING TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Facilitator: James Fesmire, University of Tampa
“Illegal Immigration: A Multi-Media Enhanced Lesson in Economics”
Michael Jeffries, James Fesmire & Michael Truscott, University of Tampa
“The Impact of Migration on Local Labour market and Infrastructure in Greece”
Alina Hyz & Gikas Grigorios, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus
“Using Reflection to Enhance Teaching and Learning of Economics at Rhodes University, South Africa”
Daniel Munene, Rhodes University
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9:00 – 9:55 a.m. SESSION B-3 Red Rock 8
Thursday
THE DISADVANTAGED
Facilitator: Zuberi I. Mwamba, Texas Southern University
“Compact of Free Association and Access to Federal and State Government
Entitlement Programs”
Shehan Kariapper and Wayne Tanna, Chaminade University of Honolulu
“Mixed Citizenship Status and Economic Well-Being of Families with Children”
Vicky Albert, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
“The Effects of Perceived Job Opportunities on the Minority/White Education Gap”
Amy O.Yeboah, Temple University
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9:00 – 9:55 a.m. SESSION B – 4 Lake Mead 1
Thursday
ADOLESCENTS
Facilitator: William Winston, Eckerd College
“The Success of Taiwanese Fathers in Guiding Adolescents”
Troy Beckert, Utah State University and Paris Strom, Auburn University
“Cognitive Autonomy and Self-Evaluation in Adolescents: Preliminary
Results of a Cross-Sectional Investigation”
Troy Beckert, Utah State University
“The Effects of Poverty on High School Students’ Socialization in Turkey”
Seda Kilinc, Ankara University
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10:00 – 10:55 SESSION C-1 Red Rock 4
Thursday
GENDER ISSUES
Facilitator: Stephanie Boys, Indiana University East
“To be Responsible or to be Involved: Father’s Views of What It Means
to be a Good Father”
Mikiyasu Hakoyama, Michigan State University
“Social Activism For Gender and Sexuality”
Mimi Ghosh, Honors Program, University of South Florida
“A Case Study of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD): Looking at
Gender in U.S. Paramilitary Cultures”
Jessica Leigh Zaylia
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10:00 – 10:55 a.m. SESSION C-2 Red Rock 5
Thursday
ECONOMIC ISSUES
Facilitator: Nizamettin Aydin, Suffolk University
“Communicating Corporate Innovation: A Content Analysis of CEOs’ Letters to Stockholders”
Roger Hutt, Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus
“Can the Importance of Corporate Governance Be Increased Through Economic
Value Added?”
James Krause, University of Tampa
“Intercollegiate Athletics: A Tax Haven, For Now”
Olin Adams & Paris Strom, Auburn University
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10:00 – 10:55 a.m. SESSION C-3 Red Rock 8
Thursday
CRIME AND REHABILITATION
Facilitator: Keith Clement, California State University-Fresno
“Why Aren’t Similarly Situated Murderers Treated Alike? A Comparative
History of How the Discourse of Michigan and Indiana’s Legal System
and Media Have Impacted the States’ Capital Punishment Legislation”
Stephanie Boys, Indiana University-East
“Kane County Challenge Program: An Alternative to Incarceration”
Jennifer Allen & Bonny Mhlanga, Western Illinois University
“Rehabilitation or Retribution of Convicts: Correlates of Public Views”
Sheena Terrell, Chaminade University of Honolulu
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10:00 – 10:55 a.m. SESSION C – 4 Lake Mead 1
Thursday
THE ELDERLY
Facilitator: Lillian Phenice, Michigan State University
“Is It Culture or Values: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Filial Responsibility
in a Time of Change”
Kathleen Grant & Toni Wolford, The University of Findlay
“Autobiography as a Therapeutic Adjunct to Nursing Care in a Geriatric
Residential Facility”
Esther Beckman, Esther S. Beckmann PhD, Inc. & Jeffrey Gordon,
Bowling Green State University
“A Multivariate Analysis of Caregiver Financial Stress in Middletown, U.S.A.”
Ione DeOllos, & David Morris, Ball State University
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11:00 – 11:55 a.m. SESSION D-1 Red Rock 4
Thursday
WORKSHOP
“COMMUNITY CAMPUS PARTNERS: Promoting Community
Through Kid in Sports (PUCKS program)
Presenter: Connie Klimek, Kwantlen University College
Facilitator: Alex Cuc, Nova Southeastern University
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11:00 – 11:55 a.m. SESSION D-2 Red Rock 5
Thursday
SOCIAL RESEARCH
Facilitator: Robert Griffore, Michigan State University
“Politeness in Public Places”
Lillian Phenice & Kyung Sook Lee, Michigan State University
“A Program Evaluation of Campus Security”
Marion Spearman & Harvey Wallace, California State University-Fresno
“View from the Alley: Hidden Faces of Suburban Houses in Los Angeles”
Zeynep Toker, California State University-Northridge
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11:00 – 11:55 a.m. SESSION D-3 Red Rock 8
Thursday
ISSUES IN UNIVERSITY TEACHING
Facilitator: Joseph Sclafani, University of Tampa
“Teaching Anxiety and Teaching Methods of University Professors:
A Correlational Analysis”
Ian Fraser, Michael Houlihan, Kim Fenwich, Tom Fish &
Christin Möller, St. Thomas University
“Faculty-Led, Short -Term, Study Abroad Programs. An Idea Whose
Time Has Come”
James Harf, University of Tampa
“Perceptions and Misconceptions; Toward An Understanding of the
Effectiveness of Career/Technical Education”
Stephen P. Hundley,Charles Feldhaus & Elizabeth Wager,
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
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11:00 - 11:55 a.m. SESSION D-4 Lake Mead 1
Thursday
HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Facilitator: Christopher Johnson, University of Texas – San Antonio
“Perceived Self-Efficacy of Individuals Diagnosed With a Mental Illness”
Stacey Brown, Coppin State University
“Who is healthy? Research Based Findings of Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics Associated With General Health Perception”
Mikiyasu Hakoyama, Michigan State University
“Putting Theory into Practice: Teaching Nursing Students About the
Seven Fears of Dying”
Sylvia Miller, California State University, Fresno
12:00 – 1:50 p.m. AABSS LUNCHEON SAVOY
“THE ACCIDENTAL HISTORIAN ------- AN ANTHROPOLOGIST’S ADVENTURES AT GETTYSBURG”
Rob Tolley Senior Lecturer in Anthropology Indiana University East |
2:00 – 2:55 p.m. SESSION F – 1 Red Rock 4
Thursday
LEADERSHIP
Facilitator: Connie Klimek, Kwantlen University College
“College Based Leadership Programs”
Joseph Sclafani, University of Tampa
“Expanding Leadership for Women in Higher Education”
Deborah Sims LeBlanc, National University
“The Under-representation of African American Women in School Leadership:
Causes and Solutions”
Barbara Talbert Jackson, Barbara Smith and Kimberly Bell,
Bowie State University
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2:00 – 2: 55 p.m. SESSION F – 2 Red Rock 5
Thursday
EDUCATION
Facilitator: Eva Garin, Bowie State University
“Parents as Teachers of Young Children”
Robert Strom, Arizona State University & Paris Strom, Auburn University
“Helping Children in Disasters Through Alleviating their Parent’s Anxiety:
Psychosocial Group Interventions Post-Disaster”
Paula Madrid, Marcela Hoffer-Adou, Stephanie Schacher, Columbia
University & Roy Grant Children’s Health Fund
“A Study to Improve Ability Weakness by Good Filial Practice”
Yan Kuang, The Medical University of The Americas & Serena Guan,
Indiana State University
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2:00 – 2:55 p.m. SESSION F – 3 Red Rock 8
Thursday
BORDER SECURITY AND WAR ON TERRORISM
Facilitator: Harvey Wallace, California State University, Fresno
“Cross Border Terrorism in Kashmir, India”
Mahendra Singh, Grambling State University
“The Effect of Border Security Among North American Indians”
Laurence Armand French & Terrie Drew, University of New Hampshire
“Mexico’s Challenge in Securing Its Southern and Northern Borders”
Magdaleno Manzanarez, Western New Mexico University
2:00 – 2:55 SESSION F-4 Lake Mead 1
Thursday
ISSUES IN TEACHING
Facilitator: Kathy Grant, The University of Findlay
“Web-Based Pedagogy: Just How Different is Web-Based Learning”
John Markert, Cumberland University
“Test Anxiety and Academic Achievement”
Norman Joseph Cohen
“A Course-Embedded Approach to Assessing Student Learning in an
Accounting Program”
Claude Superville, Texas Southern University
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3:00 – 3:55 p.m. SESSION G – 1 Red Rock 4
Thursday
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Facilitator: Paris Strom, Auburn University
“Investigating the Relationships between Middle School Students’ Career
Maturity Levels and their Academic Achievement and School Attendance Rates”
Harry Legum, Coppin State University and Rhonda Jeter & Beverly
O’Bryant, Bowie State University
“Investigating the Relationships between High School Students’ Career Maturity
Levels and their Academic Achievement and School Suspension Rates”
Jessie Douglas, Baltimore County Public Schools & Harry Legum,
Coppin State University
“Academic Achievement and Birth Order Behaviors”
Norman Cohen, Rosalyn Green, Henry Raymond & Cubbie Bragg,
Bowie State University
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3:00 – 3:55 p.m. SESSION G – 2 Red Rock 5
Thursday
ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
Facilitator: Jennifer Allen, Western Illinois University
“The State of Social Science Education In America’s Law Schools”
Susan Brinkley, University of Tampa
“An Evaluation: A Criminal Justice Internship Program”
Harold Schweizer, California State University, Fresno
“Criminology Graduate Curriculum: Updating a Quality Program”
Thomas Dull, California State University-Fresno
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3:00 – 3:55 p.m. SESSION G-3 Red Rock 8
Thursday
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
“DECISION 2006: SOME LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVES”
Discussants: Zuberi I. Mwamba and Eugene L. Barrington, Texas Southern University
Facilitator: Daniel Munene, Rhodes University
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3:00-3:55 SESSION G-4 Lake Mead 1
CRIME AND RELATED ISSUES
Facilitator: Jason Zimmerman, South Dakota State University
“Treason or Triumph? The Jeanson Network Trial of 1960”
Regina Ya’el Morowati
“Expert Jury Witnesses: Case Specificity Mediates Perceived Credibility of
Psychologists and Other Experts”
Michelle L. Saphow, Brandon D. Delgado & Harvey J. Ginsburg,
Texas State University
“Cyber Hate: A Content Analysis of Skinhead Websites”
Paul J. Rivas
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4:00 – 4:55 p.m. SESSION H – 1 Red Rock 4
Thursday
PANEL DISCUSSION
“LEADING STUDENTS INTO THE BSS - - - B130 INTRODUCTION
TO THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES”
Presenters: Stephanie Boys, Denise Bullock, Susan Shapiro & Rob Tolley,
Indian University East
Facilitator: Michael Staczar, University of Tampa
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4:00 – 5:10 p.m. SESSION H – 2 Red Rock 5
Thursday
PTSD REVIEW SINCE 9/11 AND KATRINA
Facilitator: Mary Ryan, Centacare Family Services
“Clinical Assessment and Treatment of PTSD”
Laurence Armand French, University of New Hampshire
“PTSD among Medical Personnel Treating War Trauma”
Junius Logan, Private Consultant
“PTSD Among National Guard and Law Enforcement Personnel”
S.N. Wailes, Jackson State University &Carolyn McCray,
University Medical Center, Jackson
“Update on PTSD in Indian Country”
Richard Van Scoyk, New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute at
Las Vegas & Laurence Armand French, University of New Hampshire
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4:00-5:55 p.m. SESSION H – 3 Red Rock 8
Thursday
TEACHER EDUCATION
Facilitator: Lesley Irwin, Arizona State University
“A Different View in Teacher Education Courses: The Effect of Scenarios”
Aslihan Kocaman-Karoglu, Purdue University & Burakhan Kocaman
Ankara University-Turkey
“Inquiry-driven Teacher Preparation: Challenging the Assumptions of
Prospective Beginning Teachers”
Lorenzo Cherubini & Julian Kitchen, Brock University
“Cooperating Teacher’s Perspective on their Student Teachers”
Christina Apisa & Lynn Simek-Morgan, Chaminade University of Honolulu
4:00-5:55 p.m. SESSION H -4 Lake Mead 1
Thursday
PANEL: EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: PART 1
Facilitator: Ken Ryan
“Restorative Justice Framework: Legislation, Implementation & Practice”
Arthur Wint, California State University, Fresno
“An Evaluation of a National Megan’s Law”
Ashley Defranco, California State University, Frenso
“Marriage: Cultural and Legal Implications of the Hmong”
Mai Yang, California State University, Fresno
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5:30 – 7:30 RECEPTION Garden View Terrace
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Friday, February 9th
7:30 a.m. – 3: 00 p.m. REGISTRATION Red Rock Foyer
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8:00 – 8:55 a.m. SESSION A – 1 Red Rock 4
Friday
POTPOURRI
Facilitator: William Winston, Eckerd College
“Reliability of the Dependent Variable and the Power of Significance Tests”
Kim May, College of Charleston
“Social Settings and the Science System”
Farough Amin Mozaffari, University of Tabriz & Khorshid Padashiasl,
Islamic Azad University of Tabriz
“Virtual Societies, Virtual Colonies? The Liminal Spaces of International Technoscapes”
András Margitay-Becht, Budapest University of Technology and Economics & Dana Herrera, Saint Mary’s College of California
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8:00 –8:55 a.m. SESSION A – 2 Red Rock 5
Friday
FOCUS ON SENIORS
Facilitator: Jeffrey Gordon, Bowling Green State University
“The lack of Attention to the Needs of Older men: Educational Imperatives”
Jordan Kosberg and Juanita L. Garcia, University of Alabama
“Computer and Internet Training for Seniors”
Jennifer Wakefield, Luciana Lagana, Marc Edwards, Luciana
Esposito & Karine Mnatsakanyan, California State University-Northridge
“The Diamond Head Surf and Garden Club: An Interpretation of Elderly
Leisure Activities”
Brigid Fenko, Chaminade University of Honolulu
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8:00 –8:55 a.m. SESSION A – 3 Red Rock 8
Friday
EDUCATION
Facilitator: Rob Tolley, Indiana University East
“The Educational and Personal Consequences of High School Students
Employment in Turkey”
Nuray Tastan, Kirikkale University
“Render unto Caesar: University Faculty Rendering Assistance to Faith-Based Organizations that may be Tending to Their Flocks with Funding Obtained
from the Federal Government. The Compassion Capital Fellows Program”
Wayne M. Tanna and Richard Kido, Chaminade University
“Before Prevention: Understanding Discipline in the Classroom”
Leslie Irwin and Funmi Amobi, Arizona State University
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8:00 – 8:55 a.m. SESSION A – 4 Lake Mead 1
Friday
RESEARCH ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Facilitator: Marta Induni, Public Health Institute
“Mentoring as a Model for Preventing Substance Abuse and HIV:
The Ahahui Opiopio Imi Pono Youth Mentoring Project”
Dale Fryxell, Chaminade University of Honolulu
“Family Risk Factors Among Pacific Islander Adolescents: Are Problem
Behaviors in the Asian and Pacific Island Cultures Affected by Gender?”
Amanda Naranjo & Patrick Uchigakiuchi, Chaminade University of Honolulu
“Gender Differences in Psychosocial Predictors of HIV-Risky Sexual Behavior”
Lauren Kennington, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital medical Center &
James Hittner, College of Charleston
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9:00-9:55 SESSION B - 1 Red Rock 4
Friday
ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY
Facilitator: Thomas Stephenson, University of the Ozarks
“Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology and the Limits of Naturalism:
Charting a Way Forward with Methodological Pluralism”
Mitchell Harris, Dennis Wendt, Bradford J. Wiggins &
Jordan Hanavan, Brigham Young University
“Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology: Revealing a Naturalistic Anti-Theism”
Bradford J. Wiggins, Mitchell Harris, Dennis Wendt & Jordan Hanavan, Brigham Young University
“Relationship Between Psychological Reactance and Entitlement”
Walter Buboltz & Barlow Soper, Louisiana Tech University, Jon Schwartz, University of Houston and Kevin Woller, Roger State University
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9:00-9:55 SESSION B - 2 Red Rock 5
Friday
ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Facilitator: Lora Reed, Eckerd College
“Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Course Evaluation
Tool: Preliminary Findings”
Jeffrey Skowronek, Michael Staczar, Bruce Friesen, Juliet Davis,
Jack King & Heather Mason-Jones, University of Tampa
“Measuring Course Value in the Curriculum: A New Approach to Assessment”
William Rhey, University of Tampa
“Integrating a Technology Enhanced Module into a Graduate Social Work
Practice Course”
Laura Dreuth Zeman & Jayme Swanke, Southern Illinois University
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9:00-9:55 SESSION B - 3 Red Rock 8
Friday
CHILDREN AND EDUCATION
Facilitator: Norman J. Cohen, Bowie State University
“A Study Investigating the Benefits of Biblio Therapy”
Eva B. Garin, Bowie State University
“Facilitating Inclusion through the Use of Strength-based Portfolios”
Randy L. Seevers, University of Houston-Clear Lake
“T. & T. BACK JAM: A Creative Approach that Encourages Young
Children to Read”
Shelia P. Greenlee & Doris Archer, Christopher Newport University
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9:00-9:55 SESSION B - 4 Lake Mead 1
Friday
EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: PART 2
Facilitator: Tom Dull, California State University, Fresno
“Executive Powers and Use of Force Abroad: America’s Evolving Policy on Extraordinary Rendition”
Ken Ryan, California State University, Fresno
“An Analysis of Jessica’s Law: Background, Implications and What the Future
Holds”
Chris Storelli, California State University, Fresno
“Transferred Intent and the Felony Murder Rule”
Jenny Forsythe, California State University, Fresno
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10:00 – 10:55 a.m. SESSION C – 1 Red Rock 4
Friday
ADOLESCENT HEALTH ISSUES
Facilitator: Harry Legum, Coppin State University
“Effects of Depression on Adolescent Smoking Status”
Marta Induni, Public Health Institute
“Child/Adolescent Report of Sleep Habits and Quality”
Walter Buboltz, Barlow Soper, Amanda Campbell & Adam Blancher,
Louisiana Tech University and Steve Jenkins, Wagner College
“Self-Esteem and Eating Attitudes of Female High School Students”
Sheri Goldman & Audrey A. Lucas, Bowie State University
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10:00 – 10:55 a.m. SESSION C – 2 Red Rock 5
Friday
WORKSHOP
“IS ACCREDITATION RIGHT FOR MY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
IN SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE?”
Presenter: Melodye Lehnerer, Community College of Southern Nevada
Facilitator: Joan I Biddle, Sociologist
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10:00 – 10:55 a.m. SESSION C – 3 Red Rock 8
Friday
BUSINESS
Facilitator: Britt Shirley, University of Tampa
“Exploring the Relationship Between Monitoring and Sales Force Performance”
Tansu Barker, Brock University
“In Search of a Binding Force-Society at the Top”
Shaukat Amer, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
“The Effectiveness of Ethical Education”
Iraj Mahdavi, National University
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10:00 – 10:55 a.m. SESSION C – 4 Lake Mead 1
Friday
COMMUNITY – RELATED EDUCATION
Facilitator: Susan Brinkley, University of Tampa
“Hello, Theory. I’m Praxis”: Engaging Students in the Community Through Ethnographic Service Learning”
Liz Edgecomb & Wendy Adams King, University of South Florida
“Service-Learning as a Means of Building Disaster Preparedness Partnerships”
Lora Reed, Eckerd College
“Attitude Shifts: A Qualitative Analysis of Students’ Awareness and Reaction to the Homeless”
Luke Tse, Michael Firmin, Courtney Johnson, Yelena Vorobyov & Jacklyn McKeon, Cedarville University
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11:00 –11:55 a.m. SESSION D – 1 Red Rock 4
Friday
RESEARCH ON SEXUALITY
Facilitator: Le Anne Silvey, Michigan State University
“Assessing Women’s Sexuality in Pornographic Films of the 1920s to 1950s”
Denise Bullock, Indiana University East
“Redefining Promiscuity”
Page Jerzak, Nova Southeastern University
“Holding on to Culture or Taking the Fast Lane of Change: Are Emirati Female Students at the Crossroads?”
Maher Khelifa, Zayed University
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11:00 –11:55 a.m. SESSION D – 2 Red Rock 5
Friday
HIGHER EDUCATION
Facilitator: Kathleen Grant, The University of Findley
“Higher Education in Cuba, With Special Reference to the Social and
Behavioral Sciences”
Curtis W. Wienker, University of South Florida
“TEECH! Expanding the Use of Technology in the Classroom”
Robin L. Ersing, University of South Florida
“Dealing with the Problem Student - - Thousands of Miles from Campus”
Britt Shirley & Susan Brinkley, University of Tampa
11:00 –11:55 a.m. SESSION D – 3 Red Rock 8
Friday
PSYCHOLOGISTS AS THERAPISTS AND EXPERT WITNESSES
Facilitator: Dennis Wendt, Brigham Young University
“Advancing the Role of the Therapeutic Alliance in Cognitive-Behavioral
Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder”
Christopher C. Johnson, University of Texas at San Antonio
“Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology and Religious Beliefs: An Examination
of the Interplay of Therapist and Client Values”
Dennis Wendt, Jr., Bradford Wiggins, Jordan Hanavan & Mitchell Harris, Brigham Young University
“Comparing Credibility of Expert Jury Witnesses Described as Professional Psychologists or Professional Consultants”
Brandon D. Delgado, Michelle Saphow & Harvey Ginsburg,
Texas State University
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11:00 –12:10 p.m. SESSION D -4 Lake Mead 1
Friday
EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: PART 3
Facilitator: Harald Otto Schweizzer, California State university - Fresno
“Hearsay: New Rules for Domestic Violence Victims”
Taylor Hartline, California State University-Fresno
“Mock Trail: An Interactive Form of Learning”
Harvey Wallace, California State University-Fresno
“Child Pornography and the PROTECT ACT of 2003”
Niki McQuillan, California State University-Fresno
“Child Sex Tourism and the PROTECT ACT of 2003”
Shiho Yamamoto, McGeorge School of Law
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1:00 – 1:55 p.m. SESSION E – 1 Red Rock 4
Friday
ISSUES IN RESEARCH
Facilitator: Curtis Wienker, University of South Florida
“Learning From Museums”
Elizabeth Maberry, The Honors College, University of South Florida
“The Traditional Field Researcher as an Endangered Species in Canada”
Norman Okihiro, Mount St. Vincent University
“Interviewing Unique Populations: The Creation of Fruitful Interview
Questions for Prison Educators”
Gene Jarvis, University of South Florida
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1:00 – 1:55 p.m. SESSION E – 2 Red Rock 5
Friday
CULTURE
Facilitator: Pearl Spears Gray, Edward Waters College
“Models of Chronic Illness and Popular Culture”
Ann Miles, Western Michigan University
“The Impact of Culture on Brand Communication”
Augustine Ihator, Jacksonville State University
“A Study of Native American Beliefs and Values”
Le Anne E. Silvey, Lillian A. Phenice &
Robert J. Griffore, Michigan State University
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1:00 – 1:55 p.m. SESSION E – 3 Red Rock 8
Friday
SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Facilitator: Denise Bullock, Indiana University East
“Playwright Henrik Ibsen as a Sociologist”
Hans Petter Sand, Agder University College
“DuBois and the Art of Propaganda”
Christina Jackson and Dustin Kidd, Temple University
“A Dramaturgical Analysis of Media Accounts of Executions in America”
Karen S. Miller, Glenville State College
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1:00 – 1:55 p.m. SESSION E – 4 Lake Mead 1
Friday
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES IN EDUCATION
Facilitator: Rob Tolley, Indiana University East
“A Comparison between the MSA Math Test Scores of Inclusion vs.
Self-Contained Students”
Andrea T. Reed-Judkin, Coppin State University
“Construct Validity of the 21st Century School Administrator Skills Assessment”
Rebecca S. Watts, Middle Tennessee State University & Don Coker,
Ouachita Parish School Board
“Politics and Education”
Robert Clarke and Neil Brown, Bloomsburg University, &
Shawn Darraugh, Hazelton Area School District
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2:00 – 2:55 p.m. SESSION F – 1 Red Rock 4
Friday
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Facilitator: Roger Hutt, Arizona State University-Polytech Campus
“Adhoc Jobs Lead to Demoralization of Employees – A Study of Pakistani
Banking Sector”
Hummayoun Naeem, M. Iqbal Saif, Safi Arsalan & Bilbal Azam,
Foundation University
“Trust and Virtual Organizations”
William Liddell, Brock University
“Industrial Organization of Internet Poker”
Jason Zimmerman, South Dakota State University
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2:00 – 2:55 p.m. SESSION F – 2 Red Rock 5
Friday
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ISSUES
Facilitator: Eugene Barrington, Texas Southern University
“The War on Terrorism, Foreign Detainees and the Demise of the Great Writ”
Cynthia L. Phillips, Our Lady of the Lake University
“Military Commissions Act of 2006 – War on Terror or Democracy”
Harry Greenlee, Christopher Newport University
“Principles Guiding American Treatment of Captured International Political
Leaders and Heads of State”
Keith Clement, California State University, Fresno
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2:00 – 2:55 p.m. SESSION F - 3 Red Rock 8
Friday
THE DISABLED
Facilitator: Randy Seevers, University of Houston-Clear Lake
“Aspirations, Needs and Rehabilitation Prospects of Women with Disabilities
in Rural and Urban Regions of Orissa: A Sociological Appraisal”
Rabindra Nath Pati, Council for Tribal and Rural Development &
Alekh Padhiary, Government of Orissa
“Assertiveness and Vocational Maturity Levels of Transitioning Youth with Disabilities”
Na’imah Ferguson, Coppin State University
“Medical Assessability For Individuals With Disabilities”
Terri Scannell, California State University-San Marcos
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2:00 – 2:55 p.m. SESSION F – 4 Lake Mead 1
Friday
PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
Facilitator: Bradford Wiggins, Brigham Young University
“The Discussion of Politics in General Psychology Textbooks”
Michael Firmin, Stephanie Firebaugh & Richard Wantz, Cedarville University
“Correlates of Empathy”
Cheryl D. Bowers, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
“The Transition to College, Assessment of College Courses, and Evaluation
of the Impact of College on an Appreciation of Native Heritage Among
Northern Plains American Indians”
Terry Huffman, George Fox University
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3:00 – 3:55 p.m. SESSION G -1 Red Rock 4
Friday
RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
Facilitator: Cynthia Phillips, Our Lady of the Lake University
“Psychological Reactance and Abuse in Relationships”
Carly Bischoff, Walter Buboltz & Barlow Soper, Louisiana Tech University
“Empowerment, Egalitarianism and Domestic Violence”
Meerambika Mahapatro, Indian Council for Medical Research
“Frequency and Intensity of Post-Relationship Grief in University Students”
Craig Eric Morris, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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3:00 – 3:55 p.m. SESSION G – 2 Red Rock 5
Friday
TEACHING PRACTICE AND ACHIEVEMENT
Facilitator: Norman Cohen, Bowie State University
“The Collective Cogency of Professional Susceptibility: A Social Constructionist
Analysis of Prospective Beginning Teachers’ Critical Reflections”
Lorenzo Cherubini, Brock University
“You Can’t Teach It, If You Don’t Own It: Empowering Novice Teachers’ Voices
Through Reflective Writing”
Olufunmilayo Amobi, Arizona State University’s West Campus
3:00-3:55 SESSION G – 3 Red Rock 8
CORRELATES OF EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Facilitator: William E. Winston, Eckerd College
“Is School District Wealth Related to Standardized Test Scores?”
Robert Clarke & Shawn Darraugh, Freeland Elementary Middle School.
“Relating Highly Qualified Teaching Status to Student Achievement”
Rebecca S. Watts, University of Louisiana at Monroe &
Linda A. Gilbert, Middle Tennessee State University
“Self-reported Sleep Quality and Reading Comprehension Skills”
Stephanie K. Ellis, Jeff Walczyk & Walter Buboltz, Louisiana Tech
University & Steve Jenkins, Wagner College
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3:00 – 4:10 p.m. SESSION G – 4 Lake Mead 1
Friday
ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND BUSINESS
Facilitator: Tansu Barker, Brock University
“International Capital Budgeting Decisions”
Gurdeep K. Chawla, National University
“Uncovering and Developing Industry Clusters”
Adee Athiyaman
“Simulating Customer Satisfaction Using Fuzzy Cognitive Map:
Mellat Bank Case Study”
S.M.R. Nasserzadeh, University of Tehran &
Mansouri T. Tabatabayi, University of Allame
“Outsourcing and its Impact on Technology and Management
Knowledge Transfer”
Nizamettin Aydin, Suffolk University & Tansu Barker,
Brock University