Faculty Research Conference

To further promote research culture at National and offer an opportunity for the faculty to present their scholarship and research to their colleagues and university community at large, the faculty research conference was established as a regular annual event. The First Faculty Research Conference took place during the Fall Assembly on September 5, 2007. The program included a plenary session, 8 round table discussions, and 32 poster presentations. Total, 71 faculty presented at this conference. There was a lively faculty interaction and communication during the poster session. It looked like faculty enjoyed this opportunity for professional collaboration.

The Research Council thanks all the participants of this conference. It is due to your keen interest the success of this conference was achieved. We hope you appreciated the conference and we are confident your participation contributed to your professional development. Now is the time to start preparing your presentations for the Second Faculty Research Conference 2008. The call will soon be announced.

National University

First Faculty Research Conference

PROGRAM

September 5, 2007

La Jolla, CA

3:00 p.m. - 3:25 p.m    Plenary meeting

- Conference Opening. Chair, Dr. Clifford Russell
- Speaker: Dr. Dana Gibson, President,
   National University

3:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.    Roundtable discussions

Grant activities
Dr. Darla Calvet, VP for Research, Dr. Michael McAnnear, COLS, Dr. Shekar Viswanathan, SOET, Dr. Joan Sebastian, SOE, Dr. Joy Kutaka-Kennedy, SOE, Mrs. Michelle Hills, Grants, Contracts and Budget
Research methods
Dr. Zhonghe Wu, SOE, Dr. Gregory White, COLS, and Ms. Julia Buchanan, SOBM
Research of instructional practices and its value for faculty professional development
Dr. Peter Serdyukov, SOE, and Dr. George Drops, SOBM
Online professional development for adjunct and full-time faculty
Dr. Robyn Hill, SOE.
New approaches to the online course
Dr. Anne S. Choi, COLS, Dr. John Miller, COLS, and Dr. Scott McClintock, COLS
Educational technology applications
Dr. Colin Marlaire, COLS, and Dr. James Jaures, SOMC
Increasing the probability of receiving that acceptance letter! Hints for having publications and conference presentations accepted
Dr. Stuart Schwartz, SOE
Scholarly exchange and international programs
Dr. Dave Smith, SOBM, Dr. Juan Espana, SOBM, Dr. Igor Subbotin,
COLS, and Dr. Paul Majkut, COLS

4.30 - 5:20 p.m.    Poster Session

SOE
A systematic approach to program review: Curriculum mapping and course alignment in the Master of Arts in Teaching program at National University
Dr. Cynthia Schubert-Irastorza, Dr. Stacy Begin, and Dr. Dee Fabry.
Developing reflective practitioners through online lecture and threaded discussions
Dr. Gary Barton and Dr. Carol Shepherd
Comparing native education in Hawaii and the United States during the 19th Century
Dr. C. Kalani Beyer
Customizing your online courseware: Three best practices
Dr. Ennio Cipani and Dr. Dan Cunniff
Legal pitfalls facing today's California educational administrator: Time for reflection
Dr. Daniel Cunniff and Dr. Ken Kay
Strengthening teaching communities through online professional development
Dr. Robyn Hill
Bullying at all K-12 schools in California
Dr. L. Wayne Reed
Accelerated learning: Past and future
Dr. Peter Serdyukov
The benefits of an accelerated learning format in teacher education
Dr. Jan Richards
The relative effectiveness of two approaches to interpersonal safety skills instruction for individuals with moderate to severe disabilities
Dr. Anne Spillane
Differentiated instruction: Why do it? What is it? How to implement it?
Dr. Francine Ann Stewart
Changing paradigms: Looking at bilingual, intercultural education in Bolivia
Dr. Gwen Stowers
Promoting a stimulating, intellectual environment despite increased accountability requirements
Dr. Clifford Tyler and Sidney Castle
The moral imperative: The role of ethics in education
Dr. Mary Ann Weegar
COLS
A study of the mindfulness practices and western cognitive therapy: Effects on depression and self-efficacy
Dr. Valerie Alexander and Charles Tatum
Empire versus globalization
Dr. Carl Boggs
The MPAA's t Hollywood films
Dr. Tom Pollard.
Why do we age?
Dr. William Fullerton
Pheromone use in the praying Mantis "Stagmomantis Limbata"
Dr. Michael R. Maxwell, Dr. Shekar Viswanathan (SOET) and Dr. Katherine L. Barry, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Teaching General Physics at National University: Challenges and solutionsDr. Nataliya Serdyukova
On some soluble group in which U-subgroups form a lattice
Dr. Igor Subbotin
Data on nine DNA Loci: Forensic, anthropological and antiterrorism applications
Dr. Ismail Sebetan
SOET
A software architecture for syntactic and semantic processing
Dr. Pradip Peter Dey, Mr. Albert Cruz, Dr. Thomas Gatton, Dr. Mohammad N. Amin, Dr. Byunggu Yu, Dr. Alireza Farahani, and Dr. Hassan Badkoobehi
A review of expertise and problem solving: A research proposal for engineering education using scaled-world simulations
Dr. Jack Elson, Dr. Clark Mount-Campbell, and Dr. David Woods
Application of functional equations in testing
Dr. Feodor Vainstein
SOBM
The impact of more rigorous grading on instructor evaluations: a longitudinal study
Prof. Donald A. Schwartz
Value relevance of international financial reporting standards: Can IFRSs save the world?
Dr. S. Thomas Rim
Using the Myers Briggs type personality inventory to determine police officer personality types: A validation study
Dr. James Guffey, Mr. James Larson, and Mr. Dennis Porter
SOMC
Interactional expectations of traditional and nontraditional learners using expectancy violations theory
Dr. Joan Van Tassel and Dr. Scott Campbell
The development of the revised version of the educational outcome expectancy scale
Dr. Brian Tilley

5:20 p.m. - 5: 30 p.m.    Closure of the Conference

Organizing Committee:

Dr. Clifford Russell, Chair
Dr. Hermann Maurer (Austria)
Dr. Piet Kommers (Holland)
Dr. Oleg Tarnopolskiy (Ukraine)
Dr. Ismail Sebetan
Dr. Igor Subbotin
Dr. Charles Tatum
Dr. Carol Shepherd
Dr. Joan Sebastian
Dr. Pavel Glukhovskiy
Dr. Nedra Crow
Dr. Hassan Badkobehi
Dr. Lorraine Leavitt
Dr. Shekar Viswanathan
Dr. Sara-Ellen Amster
Dr. Peter Serdyukov
Dr. Tom Green
Dr. Darla Calvet
Mrs. Karen Lyons