Texas Woman's University faculty and staff extend the prestige and reputation of the university through their presentations at international, national and regional conferences. Here is a sampling of their work reported April-June 2024.

Note: Information on presentations should be submitted no later than one month following the event date.

Biology

Lionel Faure, PhD, presented "Unlocking Success: How Concept Maps Spark Confidence, Manage Stress and Transform Learning" at the 14th Annual Transformative Learning Conference in Oklahoma City, Okla., on March 28-29. https://web.cvent.com/event/f9d7ba64-29f4-4616-b24d-7f5c2b50bf2e/websitePage:8eda75c8-890c-4057-b5e7-03eed1cf0447 

Diana Elrod, PhD, gave a presentation at the STEMconnector event Cultivating Career Success for Women in STEM: "Approaches to Institutionalize Broader Engagement" in Dallas March 27-28.

Juliet Spencer, PhD, was a panelist on the topic "Strategic Employer Partnerships: Bridging the Gap", A STEMconnector Postsecondary Innovation Lab at the STEMconnector event Cultivating Career Success for Women in STEM: Approaches to Institutionalize Broader Engagement in Dallas March 27-28.

Juliet Spencer, PhD, presented “Caught in the Crossfire: Human Cytomegalovirus-encoded IL-10 (cmvIL-10) Enhances Host CXCR4 Signaling” at the Keystone Conference on Innate Immunity Across the Molecular, Cellular, Tissue and Therapeutic, in Banff, Canada on April 11, 2024.

Campus Alliance for Resource Education

Amy O'Keefe presented "Leveraging Date to Make Your Campus More Friendly For Student Parents" at the National Student Parent Success Symposium at Ohio State University, May 8-10 at The Blackwell Inn & Pfahl Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Health Care Administration

Rigoberto Delgado, PhD, Sandra Murdock, PhD, and Sandra Tyson, PhD presented their research findings to the group in a presentation titled, "Critical Thinking and Adaptive Leadership Competencies for Leading Through Disruptive Change" at the Association of University Programs in Healthcare Administration (AUPHA) annual meeting June 3-6 in Tampa, Fla.

Literacy & Learning

Christina Salazar, Aimee Hendrix-Soto, PhD, Kimberly Lawson, and Amanda Messer, PhD, presented "They're Setting Me Up For Failure: A CRNM Narrative Inquiry" at AERA 2024.

Mandy Stewart, PhD, Angeles Munoz, and Esmeralda Cartagena Collazo presented "Reimaging newcomer instruction through multilingual possibilities: Secondary teachers provide home language invitations." American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, Pa.

Management & Marketing

Jason Lambert and Gabrielle Smith presented "Who are the "firsts"? Empowerment and advocacy for token employees" at the 2024 Annual North Texas Society for Human Resource Management Conference on May 7 at the Embassy Suites - Denton Convention Center.

Mathematics

Ellina Grigorieva, PhD, presented her new research “Bilinear Controlled Model in Adaptive Cancer Therapy” at the international conference on Dynamical Systems and Applications VI, DSA 2024 www.dsa.p.lodz.pl at the Special Session 4: Control of Dynamical Systems with Applications on June 26 in Lodz, Poland. 

Nursing

Mikyoung Lee, PhD, delivered a health lecture on 'Understanding and Preventing Stroke' at a Happy Parents Day celebration event hosted by the Korean Association of Fort Worth/Tarrant County on May 7.

Carin Adams, PhD, presented Practice Partnerships: Taking the Next Steps to Improve Interprofessional Education at the University of Central Arkansas, Round-tables for Engaging an Alliance for Collaborative Healthcare (REACH) Conference. https://uca.edu/chbs/about/

Student Money Management Center

Chalese Connors co-presented a session with colleague Paul Goebel from the University of North Texas called, “Guiding Growth: Strategies For Building Impactful Advisory Committees” at the annual symposium of the Texas Association of Collegiate Financial Education Professionals June 4-5 in Round Rock, Texas.

Gabby Pringle-Onwunaka co-presented a session with colleague Dr. Juan Gallardo from Tarleton State University titled, “EmpowerED Alliances: Student Mentor Conference for Financial Excellence.” at the annual symposium of the Texas Association of Collegiate Financial Education Professionals June 4-5 in Round Rock, Texas.