27th annual Faculty Research Symposium coming Feb. 3

The 27th annual Faculty Research Symposium is coming up next week, on Thursday,  Feb. 3. The Symposium will begin in Frost Lecture Hall at 3:30 p.m., then move into classrooms in Adams Hall, starting at 4:30.

The symposium is a celebration of faculty creativity and scholarship. This year, a total of 12 ’Berg faculty members will present recent and ongoing research. Some of the presentations will also feature students and faculty from other universities. The ultimate goal of the symposium is to give students a sense of what a professional presentation looks like and to demonstrate techniques they can apply to their own presentations. And, of course, the symposium also serves as a forum for faculty members to share their research and scholarly interests with the campus community.
Here’s the line-up for the event:

It Takes a Village: Bridging the Gaps for Youth Impacted by Incarceration
3:30-4:20 p.m. in Frost Lecture Hall    

“It Takes a Village” is a community roundtable led by Dr. Sarah R. Lazzari, Dr. Nichole Griffin, Dr. Stacey Pistorova and Dr. DoHee Kim-Appel. Attending community members include stakeholders from the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, the Seneca County Youth Center, Seneca’s court services and probation and Tiffin City Schools. 

“Our interdisciplinary faculty team would like to facilitate a roundtable discussion to: bring greater awareness to the challenges and needs of students and parents dealing with incarceration; examine extant programs for children of incarcerated parents, as well as parents in Seneca county; explore the programs available that help deter justice involved youth from subsequent incarcerations; evaluate how community members - particularly faculty and students at Heidelberg University - might best be able to engage in, enhance, extend or develop programs for that population of our community.”

Historical Trauma Theory: Implications for Clinical Practice
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 101

Dr. DoHee Kim-Appel will discuss how clinicians can incorporate Historical Trauma Theory in their work, in order to build a view of the cultural trauma that may be impacting a patient. Mass trauma, such as slavery, genocide or war, ripples across time and can impact generations. DoHee will address this historical trauma in the context of counseling and family systems theory.                 

The Gun Debate in Criminology    
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 104

Dr. Aaron Sell will discuss the role that criminologists can play in the gun debate, and where the debate has grown beyond the reach of data. In spite of these emotional, moral questions, scientists can point towards the question that we should be asking in this debate – but we won’t spoil it for you!        

Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Classroom: Developing Cultural Self-Efficacy through Experiential Learning  
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 201

Dr. Lisa Kahle-Piasecki, Patricia Esther Alonso -Galicia and Dante Benito Castro -Solano will discuss the results of an educational exercise between universities in Mexico and the United States, to help promote cross-cultural understanding of business dynamics in the classroom. This research was just presented at a San Diego conference in January. 

“Students were paired with a peer from the class in the opposite country for one semester in a series of meetings. To determine cultural self-efficacy, a survey was administered before the pairing and then towards the end of the semester.”

Pedagogical Development of Novice Faculty
 4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 204                                                                      
    
Dr. Ryan Musgrave will present his long-term research on onboarding methodologies, particularly addressing the shift from working as a clinician, to working as a faculty member at a university. He will discuss what has and has not worked, based on research involving faculty members of varying ages and experience levels. While his study targets athletic training faculty, Ryan’s research applies to anyone looking to improve their onboarding experience at their company or their next job.

The Retrenchers: Obama, Trump, & Biden vis-à-vis the Middle East 
4:30-4:55 p.m. in Adams 404
    
Dr. Marc O’Reilly will dive into the similarities between Obama, Trump and Biden, particularly concerning their involvement and strategies with the Middle East conflict. Marc will discuss why there is continuity and “retrenching” in the States’ work with the Middle East, in spite of the vast differences in values and personality in the last three administrations.

Loneliness: COVID-19 vs. Incarceration
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 101

Dr. Sarah R Lazzari and her team of students, Kendall L. Wright, Brooke Franz, Shawn McWeeney, Alex Russell and Alexa Hawk, will discuss the research they have done in the past year over how previous incarceration impacted a person’s mental health during the COVID-19 quarantine. Incarcerated people are often given the opportunity to participate in programs that are meant to encourage their mental health in times like the quarantine at the beginning of the pandemic. However, the team’s findings on what previously incarcerated individuals found helpful may not be what you expect!

The Potential Impact of Merging Traditional Undergraduates and Adult Learners in Heutagogical Online Learning 
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 104

Dr. Trish Berg and Melanie Peddicord will discuss the methodology for combining the classrooms of traditional undergraduate students and adult learners. During Trish’s time at Walsh University, these two very different demographics were taught in very different ways; however, due to the new era of online learning that the COVID pandemic has created, these two demographics were often combined. They will address how to teach these different types of students in the same classroom.

Assessing Nature's Kidneys to Protect Our Great Lakes: We'urine Deep
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 201

Jakob Boehler will address the role that Heidelberg’s National Center for Water Quality Research has been playing in Gov. DeWine’s project, H2Ohio, which seeks to address water quality issues in the state. The NCWQR will be assessing more than a dozen newly installed wetlands over the next 10 years, which function as Nature’s Kidneys (and Defenders of Lake Erie.)

Who is Winning the Performance-Enhancing Drug Race at the Olympic Games?
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 204 (Dr. Aaron Roerdink)                

Medicine, Folk Remedies, and ‘Snake Oil’ in James Joyce’s Ulysses
5:05-5:30 p.m. in Adams 404 

Dr. Barry Devine will present his research on the presentation and the perception of medicine in James Joyce’s Ulysses. Protagonist Leopold Bloom has strong opinions on the medical quackery of 1904, as anyone would in an era where true science is barely distinguishable from snake oil bottled up to make a buck.