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Educational Excellence Week Symposium Educational Excellence Week Symposium April 19th{23rd, 2021 ©Center for Educational Excellence, 2021 Tarleton State University Colleagues, Welcome to the inaugural Educational Excellence week! As we embark on this week-long cel- ebration of excellence at Tarleton, it is a time to reflect on how far we have come. The Center for Educational Excellence (CEE) was developed in July of 2020, amid a pandemic that challenged the processes of higher education around the globe. The CEE was developed in response to those challenges as an entity to support and develop faculty across the spectrum of the faculty role - in Teaching, Community Engagement and Service Learning, Leadership, Applied and Experiential Learning (including Study Abroad and Study Away), and Faculty and Student Research. The Center comprises a stellar team of faculty fellows, instructional designers, and staff who deeply care about supporting Tarleton's plan to continue to grow and thrive. We put people first and strive to develop faculty and student scholars in ways that motivate, empower, connect, and celebrate them. With the development of the Center that consolidated faculty support, we have an opportunity to celebrate activities within each of the CEE's pillars in tandem, culminating in our inaugural Educational Excellence week. I invite you to explore this program filled with presentations by more than 150 of our talented faculty, staff, and students. You may recognize some remnants of past events|the Tarleton Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, the Excellence in Teaching Conference, and the Transformative Learning Symposium, which have now been incor- porated into Educational Excellence week. We have added new presentation opportunities such as study abroad and much more. We will also host featured panels and informative workshops be- fore we close out the week with the CEE highlights and awards ceremonies meant to support and celebrate you, our outstanding faculty and student scholars. Educational Excellence Week is made possible by the contributions of a dedicated team of faculty, faculty fellows, and staff led by Dr. Amber Harris Bozer (see the following page for a complete committee list). Please help me in thanking each of these tremendous individuals who have given of their time and talents to make EE Week the special celebration that it is. In closing, thank you for joining us on the journey to establish the Center throughout this academic year, and we thank you for joining us during the first Educational Excellence week. Best wishes, Dr. Lesley Leach, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development, Center for Educational Excellence. EE Week Symposium Committee EE Week Symposium Committee: Dr. Lesley Leach Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development Dr. Amber Harris Bozer Committee Chair, Director of Faculty and Student Research Ms. Soncee Heard Coordinator for Applied Learning Initiatives Dr. Jim Gentry Director of Instructional Development and Course Design Dr. Sharon Bowers Director of Community Engagement and Service Learning Ms. Elsa DeLeon Administrative Services Coordinator Dr. Rebecca Putman Senior Teaching Fellow Dr. Dustin Edwards Senior Research Fellow Dr. Lisa Taylor-Cook Senior Experiential Learning Fellow Dr. Misty Smith Senior Community Engagement & Service Learning Fellow Ms. Lillian Hinson Teaching Fellow Dr. Brittany Rodriguez Teaching Fellow Dr. Rudy Tarpley Teaching Fellow Dr. Jun Xu Teaching Fellow Dr. Bryn Brown Research Fellow Dr. Haitham Abu Ghazaleh Research Fellow Dr. Kimberly Guay Research Fellow Dr. Atsuko Kawakami Research Fellow Dr. Colin G. Pennington Research Fellow Dr. Andy Wolfe Research Fellow Dr. Victoria Chraibi Experiential Learning Fellow Dr. Andrea Green Experiential Learning Fellow Dr. Darrel Murray Experiential Learning Fellow Dr. Therese Pennell Experiential Learning Fellow Ms. Callie Price Community Engagement & Service Learning Fellow Dr. Rajesh Vuddandam Community Engagement & Service Learning Fellow Dr. Scott Cook Judging Process Design and Scoring Ms. Emily McLemore Instructional Designer Mr. Justin Carell Canvas Enrollments & Support Ms. Alexis Burkett Graduate Assistant EE Week Symposium 2021 Page 3 of 55 Contents EE Week Symposium Schedule5 Study Abroad Trivia6 Faculty Study Abroad Fair7 Research Panel - How do You Treat Yourself?8 Panel Discussion - Contemporary Issues in Grassland Restoration9 Engaged Scholars Academy (ESA) Panel 10 Faculty Teaching Panel 11 Panel Discussion - EAB is Here to Stay! 14 Canvas Workshop & CEE Highlights 15 Faculty & Staff Research Presentations 16 Graduate Student Research Poster Presentations 19 Graduate Student Oral Presentations 26 Undergraduate Student Research Poster Presentations 30 Undergraduate Student Oral Presentations 38 Teaching Excellence Presentations 45 Community Engagement & Service Learning (CESL) Presentations 48 Applied & Experiential Learning Presentations 51 Grant & Scholarship Opportunities 53 EE Week Symposium Committee EE Week Symposium Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00 am Introductory Research Panel Faculty & Staff Faculty University Awards Remarks Oral Research Teaching (Dr. Lesley Leach) Presentations Presentations 9:00 am Study Abroad Grasslands Community Trivia Restoration Panel Engagement & (Dr. Victoria Service Learning Chraibi) (CESL) 10:00 am Presentations Faculty Graduate Student Study Abroad Fair Research Posters 11:00 am Undergraduate Faculty Student Oral Teaching Panel Research Presentations 12:00 noon Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break 1:00 pm Engaged Scholars Undergraduate Faculty Applied (ESA) Academy Student Oral Teaching Panel & Experiential Panel Research Learning Presentations Presentations 2:00 pm Graduate Student Faculty Oral Research Teaching Panel Presentations 3:00 pm Undergraduate EAB Panel Canvas Workshop & Research Poster CEE Highlights Presentations 4:00 pm Awards Ceremony Scholars & EE Week Research 5:00 pm EE Week Symposium 2021 Page 5 of 55 Study Abroad Trivia Study Abroad Trivia Monday 19th April, 9:00am{10:00am Title: Travel Trivia: where will Tarleton Study Abroad take you? Description: Test your knowledge of worldwide sights, food, and culture with an online trivia event hosted by Tarleton Study Abroad. Learn about study abroad opportunities and win some swag! Hosted by: Dr. Victoria Chraibi EE Week Symposium 2021 Page 6 of 55 Faculty Study Abroad Fair Faculty Study Abroad Fair Monday 19th April, 10:00am{3:00pm Description: The Study Abroad Fair provides resources for faculty interested in running a study abroad or study away trip. Whether new faculty looking to learn the basics or seasoned study abroad faculty looking to trade tips and learn about the future of travel at Tarleton, there is something for everyone! The morning session (10:00am{12:00pm) features faculty who will discuss their experiences of running study abroad programs in Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The afternoon session (1:00{3:00pm) will provide an introduction to the logistical aspects of financial aid, virtual study abroad opportunities, the study away program, and EF Tours program provider. Time Slot Host(s) Description 10:00am{10:20am Janet Bell Languages, Spain 10:20am{10:40am Victoria Chraibi Roatan 10:40am{11:00am Prairie Parnell Communication, UK and Ireland Darrel Murray & 11:00am{11:20am WSES, South Africa or Nepal Hemanta Kafley Sustainability and Environmental Justice, Social 11:20am{11:40am Melody Loya Work, Costa Rica 11:40am{12:00pm Craig Clifford Honors, Italy 12:00pm{12:20pm Kim Guay Animal Science, Australia 12:20pm{12:40pm Wayne Atchley Agriculture, Costa Rica Darrel Murray & 12:40pm{1:00pm WSES, South Africa or Nepal Hemanta Kafley Understanding financial components of Study 1:00pm{1:30pm Amanda Sims Abroad and Study Away 1:30pm{2:00pm Jamie Borchardt Virtual Study Abroad { Global 360 2:00pm{2:30pm EL Fellows Study Away 2:30pm{3:00pm EF Tours, etc. Using a program provider EE Week Symposium 2021 Page 7 of 55 Research Panel - How do You Treat Yourself? Research Panel - How do You Treat Yourself? Tuesday 20th April, 8:00am{9:00am Description: An exploration of how self-compassion develops and how it relates to academic suc- cess, military experiences, sexual orientation, and overall psychological well-being. Self-compassion is the ability to demonstrate compassion and care towards oneself even through hardship and per- ceived failure or deficiency. Research on self-compassion has demonstrated that the ability to have compassion for oneself has been positively correlated to improved mental health, greater happiness, and increased personal motivation, while at the same time, serving as a buffer against anxiety, de- pression, rumination, shame, and fear of failure. This panel will discuss current research our lab has been conducting on self-compassion. Participants: Dr. Heather A. Labansat: The Construct of Self-Compassion and the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's) & the Development of this Trait. Dr. Labansat is an assistant professor at Tarleton State University in the Department of Psychological Sciences. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses primarily at the Fort Worth campus. Her research areas are in cognitive and social psychology and focuses on self-compassion, perspective taking and well-being. T. Forest Moore: Growing Up in Change: The Development of Self-Compassion and Perspective-Taking in Children Who Were Raised in Military Families Forest is a graduate student in the Applied Psychology Master's program
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