Greer receives award from D.C. Counseling Association
Dr. Cynthia Greer, Associate Professor of Counseling, received the C. Harold McCully Award for outstanding service as an educator from the D.C. Counseling Association this past spring.
Greer gives keynote address at the Howard University Counseling Student Conference and the Maryland Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development Conference
Dr. Cynthia Greer, Associate Professor of Counseling, gave a keynote address, “Social Injustice and Trauma: The Concept of Post-Traumatic Growth and the Power of the Human Spirit,” at both the Howard University Counseling Student Conference and the Maryland Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development Conference in June of 2012.
Jackson to present at 2012 Mentoring Conference
Dr. Lynda Jackson, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, will present a paper titled “Mentoring: An External Success Factor for Minority Women” on Friday, October 26, 2012 at the 2012 Mentoring Conference: Facilitating Developmental Relationships for Success held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Tovares presents at the International Conference on Language and Social Psychology
Dr. Raul Tovares, Associate Professor of Communication, presented a paper titled “Dream Denied: Undocumented Mexican Youths and the U.S. DREAM Act” on June 23, 2012 at the International Conference on Language and Social Psychology in Leeuwarden, Holland.
Tovares presents at the Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute
Dr. Raul Tovares, Associate Professor of Communication, presented at the Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute on June 7, 2012 at Gallaudet University. The Institute is sponsored by the Howard University Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (HU-AGEP) Program. Dr. Tovares spoke about teaching at a private, Catholic university.
Haskins named President of the Maryland Council of Problem Gambling
Dr. Deborah Haskins, Assistant Professor of Counseling, was named President of the Maryland Council of Problem Gambling in August of 2012. The Council is partnered with the University of Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, which received state funding in July 2012 to provide awareness, training, prevention and a hotline on problem gambling in the state...
Haskins delivers keynote address at the Problem Gambling Awareness Conference
Dr. Deborah Haskins, Assistant Professor of Counseling, delivered the keynote address, “African Americans and Problem Gambling? Who Says It Is a Problem?” for the UCLA Gambling Studies Program annual Problem Gambling Awareness conference on March 5, 2012 in San Diego during National Problem Gambling Awareness Week.
Chiang presents paper at Mathematics in 21st Century: Advances and Applications
Dr. Lee Chiang, Associate Professor of Mathematics, presented a paper titled “Simulating Interaction of Counterinsurgency and Insurgency” at the Mathematics in 21st Century: Advances and Applications conference held at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, China on July 7, 2012.
Goldberg presents poster at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association
Dr. Roberta Goldberg, Professor of Sociology, presented a poster titled “Hot Topics, Cool Classrooms: Using Film and Media to Inspire the Sociological Imagination” at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Denver, Colorado on August 19, 2012.
Thorbjornsen Poem “Gone: A Reflection on the Morning after Graduation” Published
Wendy Thorbjornsen, Assistant Professor of English, had her piece “Gone: A Reflection on the Morning after Graduation” published in Women in Higher Education. Enjoy the reflective essay at http://www.wihe.com/displayNews.jsp?id=37084.