Notables

Marijke Breuning, associate professor of political science, and Kate Sanders, a junior political science major from Crestwood, Mo., co-authored a paper titled “Gender and Journal Authorship Across the Discipline.” Breuning presented it at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association Sept. 1-4 in Washington, D.C.

Kit Hadwiger, assistant professor of nursing, attended the Wakonse Conference on College Teaching May 26-31 at Camp Miniwanca located in Stony Lake, Mich. Hadwiger was also a panelist for “Cross-Cultural Issues in Health Care,” on Aug. 11 in Kirksville. The panel was sponsored by Northeast Missouri Health Clinics.

Stephen Hadwiger, associate professor of nursing, recently had his manuscript, “Acculturation and Diabetes in a New Hispanic Community,” accepted for publication in Hispanic HealthCare International. Hadwiger was also a panelist for “Cross-Cultural Issues in Health Care,” on Aug. 11 in Kirksville. The panel was sponsored by Northeast Missouri Health Clinics.

Masahiro Hara, associate professor of Japanese, presented a paper titled “A Poverty of the Stimulus Problem and its Triggering Input” at the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics Association/Internationale de Linguistique Appliqueé 2005 on July 26 in Madison, Wis.

Melissa Blagg Holcomb, assistant professor of nursing,
was a co-presenter for “Preserving Instinctual Birth” at the Future of Birth conference that took place April 30-May 2 in Columbia, Mo.

Sherri Palmer, professor of psychology; Jo Agnew, associate professor of education; and Natalie Trent, a Truman graduate from Reeds Spring, Mo.; presented their original research titled “The Use of an Intergenerational Program in a Developmental Psychology Class” to the April 2005 meeting of The Society for Research in Child Development in Atlanta, Ga. Beth Zimmerman, an elementary education graduate student from Edwardsville, Ill., also worked on this project and participated in the Atlanta presentation.

Teak Nelson, lecturer in nursing,
attended the Wakonse Conference on College Teaching May 26-31 at Camp Miniwanca located in Stony Lake, Mich.

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