I attended both the Religious Communication Association’s (RCA) national convention and the National Communication Association’s (NCA) national convention in Salt Lake City, UT from November 7-11, 2018. The 2018 theme was Communication […]
Erasing the Past
A significant problem for those struggling with drug addiction is the high propensity of users to relapse following long periods of abstinence from drug use. It has been found that […]
Online Teaching – I Didn’t Know What I Didn’t Know
This past August I began a year-long program to earn a certificate in online teaching and curriculum development through UCSD. The program consists of six courses and I completed the […]
Missionary Orientation and Training: A Dissertation Follow-up
In the Spring of 2018 I visited the missionary training facility, CINCEL, in San Jose, Costa Rica. I had been informed by the Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM) Central […]
Summer “Enhancement” Plans
I will confess to getting a bit overzealous when thinking about what my summers might entail. Despite the best of intentions, my plans for completely revamping my courses, or taking […]
Theatre Arts and Community Engagement
Theatre Costume Design faculty, Associate Professor, Lia Hansen, and I attended the NAST Conference in Portland, Oregon, at the Downtown Hilton Hotel March 29 – 31, 2018. This was an […]
Leadership is Telling Stories, Creating Vision
I attended the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) Conference in Portland, Oregon, at the Downtown Hilton Hotel March 29 – 31, 2018. The Keynote speaker—Chris Coleman, Artistic Director […]
A Sanity Check and Confidence Boost
Attending the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology, Austin, TX, for the first time was a unique experience. Unlike conferences with thousands of attendees, the COGDOP gathering was small enough […]
The Greater Good
In the fall of 2017 I had the opportunity to attend the 31st Annual Conference of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). The conference theme was “Championing Hispanic […]
Adventures in Nottingham
BASES/FEPSAC, November 2017 I had the privilege to attend this conference which was the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and European Federation of Sport Psychologists first collaborative conference. […]