College of Education and Human Development
CEHD Student Researchers present at Annual Symposium
May 31, 2017
The 2nd Annual CEHD Student Research Symposium was held on April 25th and featured 43 doctoral, 10 master’s, and 6 bachelor’s degree-seeking students. Their research topics ranged widely, covering nearly every academic program offered by the College of Education and Human Development. This event, organized by CEHD’s Office of Student and Academic Affairs, is designed to ensure graduates leave their collegiate experience as engaged citizens and well-rounded scholars.
Presentations were broken into three delivery methods: oral presentations, round table presentations, and poster presentations. Presenters and topics are listed below.
| Presenter | Program of Study | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Tameka Parker Sarah Prigmore | MSW, Social Work MEd, Curriculum and Instruction, Elementary Education | Linkages Between Teacher-Child Relational Quality and Early Childhood Education Professionals’ Social Tameka Parker MSW, Social Work Emotional Learning |
| Samantha Hacherl | BS, Athletic Training | Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear of a Collegiate Baseball Player |
| Michelle Gnoleba | PhD, Education | Examining Relationships Among Faculty-Student Interactions, Academic Self-Efficacy, Self-Regulation, and Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students |
| Patricia Kelshaw | PhD, Education | Isometric Cervical Muscle Strength Does Not Affect Head Impact Kinematics in High School Boys’ Lacrosse |
| Sara Birkhead | PhD, Education | Teachers’ Conflicting Beliefs About Mathematics Problem Solving and Student Ability |
| Ricardo Sanchez | PhD, Education | Happily Never After? Family Reunification Among Latinos During Times of Uncertainty |
| Sarah Bogdewiecz Megan Sims-Fujita | PhD, Education MEd, Special Education | An Evaluation of PBF Policies: Realizing Institutional Context |
| Beth Dalbec | PhD, Education | A Walk in Their Shoes: Stories of Mason First Generation College Students |
| Letty Guzman | PhD, Education | Modernizing Higher Education at George Mason University: A Digital Story |
| Tami Carsillo Heather Andrews Ahmed Atef Kudirat Giwa-Lawal Melissa Hauber Lily Lopez-McGee Anthony Ray | PhD, Education | Experiments in Agency: A Global Partnership to Transform Teacher Research |
| Jessica Pope | PhD, Education | Effects of Exercise Intervention on Fall Risk Score in Aging Adults with History of Falls |
| Stuart McCrory | PhD, Education | Preliminary Analysis: No Differences in Leg Strength Between Fallers and Non-Fallers |
| Mariel Crawford | PhD, Education | Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of a Mobility Intervention Program for Fallers in Aging Adults |
| Terrie Galanti Monique Apollon Williams Daria Gerasimova Xingya (Ivy) Xu | PhD, Education | High School Students’ Perceptions of Mathematics Relevance |
| Karen Wrightsman | PhD, Education | Directors of International Offices and Their Perspectives on Intercultural Competence |
| Amanda Estep | PhD, Education | Preliminary Analysis of Variability Between Healthy and Injured Individuals During Running |
| Gisselle Brown | PhD, Education | Reading Interventions for Students with Disabilities in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms |
| Lauren Field | BS, Athletic Training | Compartment Syndrome of the Lateral Thigh |
| Christie Byers | PhD, Education | Accepting Chaos: Teacher Identity and Student-Centered Elementary Science |
| Jennifer Fields | PhD, Education | Assessment of Performance-Based Fitness Tests in NCAA Women Athletes |
| Elisabeth Chan Laura Tokarczyk Diana Delfin Thuy Thi-Minh Tu | PhD, Education | Using Critical Approaches to Examine Education |
| Amanda Garrett | MS, Sport and Recreation Studies | Health Coaching and Client Motivation: Using the Health Belief Model to Explain Fitness Facility Members’ Barriers and Motivators to Practicing Healthy Behaviors |
| Sungshim Choi | PhD, Education | How Can Teachers Help Students Build Critical Media Literacy Skills? |
| Michele Colandene | PhD, Education | Collaborative Benefits of a STEM Education |
| Janelle Companion | BS, Athletic Training | Monomelic Amyotrophy in a Collegiate Volleyball Player: A Case Report |
| Doaa Dashash | PhD, Education | Barriers and Opportunities to Implementing Technology in Kindergarten Classroom Settings |
| Victoria Fauntroy | BS, Athletic Training | Ruptures of the Extensor Digitorum Communis Tendons in the Forearm of a Collegiate Football Player |
| Massa Gongbay | MEd, Counseling and Development | Stigma and Spirituality: Connecting to Africans in America |
| Rachel Hammer | PhD, Education | Mathematics Manipulatives and Their Use in Teaching Secondary Students with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature |
| Melissa Hauber Boshra Zawawi | PhD, Education | Lost and Found: Saudi Women at U.S. Universities |
| Cassandra Hynus | MS, Exercise, Fitness, and Health Promotion | A Comparison of Physiological and Kinematics Responses of Utilizing Two Types of Ergometers in Rowing |
| Talisa Jackson | PhD, Education | Energy Education for Virginia Pre-service Teachers |
| Christina Lee | PhD, Education | Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Experiences with Math Workshop |
| Bryndan Lindsey | MS, Exercise, Fitness, and Health Promotion | Current Evidence of Gait Modification with Real-Time Biofeedback to Alter Kinetic, Temporospatial, Pain, and Function Related Outcome Measures: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| Greer Mancuso | PhD, Education | Influence of Study Abroad Experiences |
| Sean Martin | BS, Athletic Training | Preventative Measures for Ankle Sprains in XC Athletes |
| Kathleen Matson Daria Gerasimova | PhD, Education | Teacher’s Perspective of Change in Instructional Practices in Mathematics |
| Hannah Park | MEd, Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary Education/Biology | Citizen Science for Virginia’s Secondary Schools: Best Practices and Case Study |
| Mirella Saldaña | MEd, Counseling and Development | Family and School Partnership |
| Matt Prebble | PhD, Education | Epidemiology of Middle School Sports Injuries in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States |
| Burnette Scarboro | MEd, Education Leadership | Disparity of Race and Gender in STEM/STEAM Fields |
| Jordan Goffena | PhD, Education | The Application of Self-Regulated Learning Theory as a Framework for Mental Skills Training in Sport |
| Nicole Van Oort | BA, Mathematics, Kinesiology Minor | Perfecting the Perfectionist |