2016-2017 Professional Development Accomplishments

Congratulations to all the Vanguard faculty who attended and presented at conferences in the 2016-2017 academic year. Below is an overview of our professional development results, as a community.

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We also specifically commend the following faculty for your professional development pursuits:

Business and Management

  • Bonni Stachowiak, Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference, Orlando, FL
  • Bonni Stachowiak, Lilly Conference:  Evidence-based Teaching and Learning, Anaheim, CA

Communication

  • Tom Carmody, Religious Communication/National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA
  • Alison English, Religious Communication/National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA
  • Naomi Kasa, Lilly Conference:  Evidence-based Teaching and Learning, Anaheim, CA
  • Derrick Rosenior, National Communication Association, 102nd Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA
  • Derrick Rosenior, Society of Pentecostal Studies, St. Louis, MO

Chemistry

  • Tara Sirvent, American Education Research Conference, San Antonio, TX

Early Childhood Education

  • Seon Chun-Burbank, California Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, Ontario, CA

English

  • Laurie Hatch, Western Regional Conference of Christianity and Literature, San Diego, CA
  • Jennifer Russum, Western Regional Conference of Christianity and Literature, San Diego, CA

Graduate Education

  • Sylvia Kane, California Council of Teacher Educators Conference, Sacramento, CA
  • Sylvia Kane, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX

Grad Org Psych

  • Ludmila Praslova, WSCUC Accreditation Workshops, Pomona, CA
  • Ludmila Praslova, WSCUC Academic Resources Conference, San Diego, CA
  • Ludmila Praslova, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL

Kinesiology

  • Diana Avans, Western Society of Kinesiology & Wellness, Reno, NV
  • Diana Avans, Women’s Advanced Leadership Institute Conference, Seattle, WA
  • Diana Avans, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, San Diego, CA
  • Dale Campbell, Christian Society of Kinesiology and Leisure Services, Nashville, TN

Liberal Studies

  • Alex Lin, Society of Research in Child Development Conference, Austin, TX

Music

  • Mildred Yi, College Orchestra Directors Association, Washington, DC
  • Mildred Yi, California All-State Music Educators Conference, San Jose, CA
  • Mildred Yi, International Research in Music Education Conference, Bath Spa University, UK

Nursing

  • Annette Callis, Palliative Care, Education and Research Conference, San Diego, CA
  • Annette Callis, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Master’s Education Conference, Atlanta, GA
  • Mary Wickman, California Colleges of Nursing Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • Mary Wickman, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Master’s Education Conference, Atlanta, GA
  • Mary Wickman, Soaring to New Heights as Nurse Leaders, Anaheim, CA
  • Mary Wickman, American Association of Critical Care Nurses Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
  • Julie Wilson, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Anaheim, CA
  • Julie Wilson, Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education, Laguna Beach, CA

Psychology

  • Karen Hummel, Art of Spiritual Direction Program (Year 2), Sisters of St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA
  • Karen Hummel, Creating Healthy Organizations Conference, Irvine, CA
  • Liz Powell, CCCU Diversity and Inclusion Conference, NYC
  • Liz Powell, CCCU Women in Leadership, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
  • Michael Hanna, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA
  • Jacqueline Parke, International Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Miami, FL

Religion

  • Roger Heuser, Academy of Religious Leadership, Chicago, IL
  • Frank Macchia, Society of Pentecostal Studies, St. Louis, MO
  • Doug Petersen, Latin American Conference on Social Concern, Costa Rica
  • Gary Tyra, Tyndale Fellowship Conference – Christian Doctrine Study Group, England
  • April Westbrook, Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, TX

Sociology

  • Ed Clarke, Pacific Sociological Association Conference, Portland, OR
  • Stephanie D’Auria, Sociological Association Conference, Portland, OR
  • Vince Gil, Annual Meeting of the American Missiological Society, Dallas, TX
  • Sandie Morgan*, Faculty Presenter, California Hospital Association, Emergency Department
  • Sandie Morgan, California Sociological Association, “Integrating Student-Faculty Research”
  • Sandie Morgan, Religious Alliance Against Pornography (RAAP) Webinar “Pornography’s Link to Sex Trafficking”
  • Sandie Morgan, Women in Higher Education Leadership – Baghdad, Iraq (Virtual live presentation)
  • Sandie Morgan, Forum on Modern Slavery cosponsored by the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate His All Holiness Bartholomew and Church of England Primate His Grace Justin Welby, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Sandie Morgan, Ensure Justice, Healthcare Providers and Human Trafficking

* The majority of funding for Sandie Morgan’s presentations was provided by the Global Center for Women and Justice.