Congratulations to our 2024-2025 Graduate Students!

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS:

Ver Ikeseh, The Engaged Citizen of the Year, 2025, an award that recognizes outstanding engagement sponsored by JMU SOAR (Student Organization Award and Recognitions).

Ver Ikeseh, 2025-2026 McGuire Visiting Artist Fellowship awarded by The Blake School in Minneapolis, MN for the “Canvas of Voices: A Mural Arts Mentorship Program.”

Michelle A. Smith, 2024 Making Their Mark College Student Scholarship, Peter’s Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ.

EXHIBITIONS:

Behnaz Ghasempour, Elisha Hill, Jeremy Starn, Kareena Solanki, Michelle Smith, Olivia Luke, Ver Ikeseh

2025 Graduate Showcase, Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship, JMU.

2025 1,000 Questions, Harrisonburg, Innovation Hub, Harrisonburg, VA,

2025 JMU M.F.A. Group Exhibition, Harrisonburg Innovation Hub, Harrisonburg, VA.

Behnaz Ghasempour, Elisha Hill, Jeremy Starn, Olivia Luke, Ver Ikeseh 

2025 Grad Solos I & II, Grace St Gallery and Duke Critique Spaces, JMU.

2025 Time Out // Time In: Collaborative Exploration in Time and Art, Harrisonburg, Innovation Hub, Harrisonburg, VA, with JMU interdisciplinary students in ART, 401E/501E Time and Art: Theory and Practice.

Ver Ikeseh

2025 Patterns with Reason, Explore More Discovery Museum, Harrisonburg, VA. (Solo)

2025 Fragmented Realities, Friendly City Real Estate Services, Harrisonburg, VA. (Solo)

2025 Rippled Self, Arts Incarnate, Harrisonburg, VA. (Solo)

2025 5x5x25, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, VA.

2025 Artists and Apprentices Exhibition, Explore More Discovery Museum, Harrisonburg, VA

Olivia Luke

2025 Analog Entropy: Translating Potential into Form, collaborative exhibition with Stella Shoemaker, Harrisonburg Innovation Hub, Harrisonburg, VA.

Michelle A. Smith

2025 Grief as Slip (how little I show), MFA Thesis Exhibition featuring ceramics & mixed media, Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art, JMU.

2024 Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) C.A.R.E. Event, ceramics & mixed media exhibition at Gaylord Convention Center, National Harbor, MD.

2024 Unspoken, work in ceramic, metal, and wood in group sculpture exhibition in Gallery Underground, Northern Virginia Community College, Arlington Campus.

2024 isms: Narratives, Issues, and Difficult Topics of Our Time, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD. (Exhibited Widow: as wife & Widow: as mother)

2024 Healing Artist Collective: Struggling To Be Heard, Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD. (Exhibited Threshold of His Soul, ceramics)

2024 Invitational Group Exhibition, Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship, JMU. (Exhibited Open Wound, ceramics)

Michelle A. Smith & Jeremy Starn

2025 Anamnesis: Echoes of Time, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA

2024 Fine (not) Fine, SolArt, Staunton, VA (three-person exhibition with Maryalice Carroll, ceramics & multi-media)

Kareena Solanki

2025 Sacral Glitch, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art, JMU.

Jeremy Starn

2024 Emerging Artists, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA. 

2025 (un)earthed, Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA. (Solo)

LECTURES:

Ver Ikeseh

2025 Duke-for-a-Day Experience, The Union Hall, JMU. An inspirational talk aimed at Richmond Public Schools students, using campus murals to discuss themes of belonging and encourage future enrollment at JMU.

2025 Vanishing Walls and the Power of Public Art, Graduate Showcase, Hall of Presidents, JMU.

2025 Led a curated tour for the Virginia Council of Graduate Schools (VCGS), showcasing over 15 murals and public artworks across JMU and the city of Harrisonburg. Recognized for contributions to public scholarship and leadership in socially engaged art.

Jeremy Starn

2025 Portrait of a Species, Guest lecture at Mary Baldwin University Spencer Center for Civic Engagement, Staunton, VA.

MEDIA FEATURES:

Ver Ikeseh

Murals are Expensive Kind of Art – MrArtist, Daily Trust, September 17, 2023.
https://dailytrust.com/murals-are-expensive-kind-of-art-mrartist/

Kareena Solanki

2025 Exploring AI and Art Video Series: Kareena Solanki, produced by JMU Media Productions.

Jeremy Starn

2025 Exploring AI and Art Video Series: Jeremy Starn, produced by JMU Media Productions.

PERFORMANCES and PUBLIC ART:

Ver Ikeseh

2025 International Mural Project, collaboration with artists David Draime and others in Downtown Harrisonburg. The mural, designed by Bahá’í artists in Iran, is supported by the Arts Council of the Valley and Draime Fine Art Studio School.

2024–2025 Traffic Cabinet Wrap Art Project, Harrisonburg, VA. Selected as one of ten artists to transform downtown traffic cabinets into public art, his piece, “Awa Wam,” was unveiled in October 2024 at the intersection of E. Market and N. Mason Streets with subsequent exhibitions at Marketplace Gallery and Harrisonburg City Hall.

Olivia Luke & Jeremy Starn

2025 Performing a Thread, Interactive group performance in collaboration with JMU undergraduate Fiber students in Duke Hall Sculpture Courtyard, JMU.

2025 Weaving Spaces, Large scale public video projection at The Perch, Harrisonburg, VA.

Jeremy Starn

2025 What Do You Desire?, Disseminated public artworks, Harrisonburg, VA. Olivia Luke & Jeremy Starn

PUBLICATIONS:

Ver Ikeseh

“Artist Creates Murals Worldwide”, Daily News-Record (December 5, 2024): Read Article

“Your Presence Alone Can Mean Something”, The Breeze (August 22, 2024): Read Article

“Announcing the 2025 Smith House Galleries Schedule”, Patch – Harrisonburg, VA (December 2024):
Read Article

“26 Venues Participating In First Fridays of the Valley March 7”, Patch – Harrisonburg, VA (March 2025): 
Read Article

“Harrisonburg Celebrates Local Artist Traffic Cabinet Art Wrap Project”, The Citizen (November 1, 2024): 
Read Article

“Traffic Cabinets Transformed into Public Art in Downtown Harrisonburg”, Rocktown Now (August 28, 2024):
Read Article

“Ver Ikeseh: Extended Family, Retro, and Retrospect”, Iris Literature and Arts Magazine (Fall 2024):
View Three Featured Artworks

"Ver Ikeseh: Tomi", Iris Literature and Arts Magazine, (Spring 2025).

Michelle A. Smith

“Meet Michelle A. Smith”, Canvas Rebel (December 27, 2024): Read Article

Jeremy Starn

2025 "Meet Jeremy Starn", Canvas Rebel (March 5, 2024): https://canvasrebel.com/meet-jeremy-starn/

2025 "Watermarks", Iris Literary and Arts Magazine, (Spring 2025).

WORKSHOPS:

Ver Ikeseh

2024 How to Paint Murals Workshop, Shenandoah National Park, Charlottesville, VA.

2025 Artists and Apprentices, Explore More Discovery Museum, Harrisonburg, VA.

Michelle A. Smith

2024 Radical Ceramics & Experimental Processes Workshop, Ceramics Technical Assistant for Rebecca Hutchinson, Lorton Workhouse Arts Center, Laurel Hill, VA.

AWARDS:

Kelsey Nason – SACSCOC Travel Grant Recipient 2024 

Kate Schaefer – Best Paper by a Graduate Student NERA, 2024 

Sara Finney, Jonathan Stewart, Autumn Wild, Riley Herr, Kate Schaefer- Excellence in Equity-Centered Assessment- ACPA (American College Personnel Association) - More Information  

INTERNSHIPS:

Summer 2024 

Mara McFadden, Center for Assessment 

Kelsey Nason, American Board of Surgery 

Summer 2025 

Josiah Hunsberger, National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants 

Kelsey Nason, Curriculum Associates 

Autumn Wild, American Board of Surgery 

PRESENTATIONS:

Finney, S. J., Pastor, D. A., & Herr, R. (2025, April). The utility of perceived normative behavior to understand examinee effort on low-stakes assessments. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Denver, CO.  

Finney, S.J., Herr, R.K. & McFadden, M.E. (2025, May). Effectiveness of an intervention to train faculty and staff on equitable programming and assessment. Presented at the 19th Annual International Conference on Psychology, Athens, Greece.  

Gilmore, J., McFadden, M. E. (2024, November). Building bridges: Developing an online arts entrepreneurship certificate through cross-campus collaoration. Poster presented at the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.  

Herr, R. (2024, November). Separate and together: Identity discussion. Interactive discussion session presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.   

Herr, R. K. (2024, October). Employing Latent Profile Analysis on ISSAQ-SS Subscales to Predict Retention. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.  

Herr, R. K. (2024, October). Examining the Psychometric Properties of ISSAQ-SS Subscales and Testing Measurement Invariance across First-Generation Status. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.  

Herr, R., & Mabrey, P. (2025, May). Evaluating the effectiveness of suspension warnings and academic probation for first-year college students: A regression discontinuity approach. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Psychology, Athens, Greece.  

Hunsberger, J., & Leventhal, B.C. (2024, October). Evaluating the efficacy of the IRTree model for Disengagement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.  

Jones, M. (2024, October). Measuring alumni career outcomes: Examining the factor structure of the NACM and testing measurement invariance across first-generation status. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.  

Lambert, L. (2024). Data visualization in R [Conference Session]. Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN. https://go.iu.edu/assessmentinstitute  

Lambert, L. (2024). Flexible R code for assessment practitioners [Conference Session]. Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN. https://go.iu.edu/assessmentinstitute  

Lambert, L. (2024, October). Measurement invariance in the sense of belonging ISSAQ sub-scale. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.  

McFadden, M.E & Finney, S.J. (2025, May). The generalizability of the question-behavior effect on test-taking behavior. Presented at the 19th Annual International Conference on Psychology, Athens, Greece.  

McFadden, M.E. & Kush, J.M. (2025, April). Exploring the causal effect of test-optional policies on enrollment rates for underrepresented minority students. Roundtable Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.  

McFadden, M.E. (2025, April). Investigating the impact of K-12 enrollment trends on interpretations of longitudinal achievement. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.  

Mireles, N. E., Burgess, J., & Brown, K., (2024, December). Using data to bridge the gap: Program review and external accreditation. Paper presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Austin, TX.  

Nason, K., & DeMars, C. E. (2024, October). Comparing Disengagement Indices: Self-Report or Time-on-Task. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.  

Nason, K., Barry, C., Prendergast, C., Jones, A. (2025, April 23-26). Chatbot Performance as a Second-Attempt Examinee on a Medical Board Exam. In T. Zhang (chair), Comparing Approaches to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Improve Performance of Large Language Models in Assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Denver, CO.  

Palmer, N., & Wild, A. N. (2024, November 20). To watch or not to watch: An investigation into response time effort. Poster presented at the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.  

Schaefer, K. E., & Finney, S. J. (2024, October). Who is testing at 3am? Profiles of college students who take low-stakes tests at different times of day. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.  

Stebbins, L., Herr, R., Frizzell, E., & McFadden, M. (2025, Feb). Developing and piloting an assessment framework for restorative practices programs. Presented at the Annual Meeting of ACPA, Long Beach, CA.  

Stockwell, S. & Lambert, L. (2025, Feb. 13-14). When is the last time you celebrated a small win? (and what can happen when you don't). Presentation at LEADing Change 2025, Harrisonburg, VA, United States.  

Wild, A. N., & Kush, J. M. (2024, October). Beyond the multiple group model: Utilizing moderated nonlinear factor analysis to explore measurement invariance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.  

Wild, A. N., Kush, J. M., & Leventhal, B. (2025, April 23-26). Bridging graduate students and practice: Internships in educational measurement. Presentation and Panel Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education Conference, Denver, Colorado.  

Wild, A. N., Stewart, J., & LaFrance, S. (2025, March). Assess and progress: A strategy for building time and space for assessment, evaluation, and research in student affairs. [Educational Session]. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, New Orleans, LA.  

Wild, A. N., & Kush, J. M. (2025, April 23-26). Beyond the surface: A comparative study of MNLFA and Traditional DIF Analysis. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education Conference, Denver, Colorado.  

Wild, A., & Leventhal, B. (2025, March 29). Identifying bias in teaching materials for an inferential statistics course: Triumphs and tribulations. Presentation at A Meeting of Methodologies, Virtual.   

PUBLICATIONS:

DeMars, C. E., & Satkus, P. (2024). Item parameter recovery: Sensitivity to prior distribution. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 84(4) 691–715. https://doi.org/0.1177/00131644231203688 

Finney, S.J., Stewart, J.P., Wild, A.N., Herr, R.K. & Schaefer, K.E. (2024). A meta-assessment rubric to guide professional development and practice in equitable outcomes assessment. Research & Practice in Assessment, 19(1), 45-58. https://www.rpajournal.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Meta-Assessment-Rubric-Equitable-Outcomes-Assessment-RPA.pdf 

Lambert, L., & Good, M. (2024). An intentional approach to starting a learning improvement project. Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and Learning, 5(4), 25–34. 

Leventhal, B. C., Finney, S., & Lambert, L. (2024, June 4). Three key “moves” to improve graduate training in educational measurement. Center for Measurement Justice Blog. Retrieved from https://measurementjustice.org/2024/06/04/three-key-moves-to-improve-graduate-training-in-educational-measurement/  

McFadden, M. E., & Finney, S. J. (2025). Investigating the impact of multiple priming questions on examinee effort during low-stakes testing. International Journal of Testing, 25(1), 109–133. https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2024.2414425 

McFadden, M.E. (2024, August). Shifts in student enrollment: Should they affect test score interpretations? CenterLine Blog, NCIEA. https://www.nciea.org/blog/enrollment-shifts-and-achievement/  

Nason, K. and DeMars, C. (2025), Another look at Yen's Q3: Is .2 an appropriate cut-off?. Journal of Educational Measurement. https://doi.org/10.1111/jedm.12432 

Nason, K., & DeMars, C. E. (2024) Impact of external events on low-stakes assessment: A cautionary tale. Research & Practice in Assessment, 18(2), 42-54. 

Schaefer, K. E., & Finney, S. J. (2025). Who is testing at midnight? College students’ disengagement throughout a 24-hour low-stakes testing window. Educational Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2025.2487108 

 Wild, A. N., Herr, R. K., & Finney, S. J. (2024, December). Professional development in equitable outcomes assessment: The utility of a meta-assessment rubric. Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry, Improvement, and Impact, 7(1), 101-120. https://doi.org/10.18060/28702 

Wild, A.N., Herr, R.K., & Finney, S.J. (2024). Professional development in equity-centered outcomes assessment: The utility of a meta-assessment rubric. Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry, Impact and Improvement, 7(1), 101-120. https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/jsaiii/article/view/28702/25767 

WORKSHOPS:

Francis, P. & McFadden, M.E. (2025, Feb). Sipping solutions: Developing an effective alcohol intervention through equity-centered assessment. Workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of ACPA, Long Beach, CA.  Good, M, R., Hunsberger, J., & LeRoy, S. (2024). Life after meta-assessment: James Madison University’s assessment evolution. Workshop conducted at Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.    

Fulcher, K. and Lambert, L. (2024 October). Assessment 101. Workshop conducted at Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.   

Fulcher, K. & Jones, M. (2024, November). Assessment 101. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.   

Fulcher, K.H., Nason, K., & Jones, M.R., (2024, December) Improving Learning with Your QEP: Six Essential Steps. Workshop presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Austin, TX. 

Hathcoat, J.D., Nason, K., Snyder, J., Bangaly, D. (2024, June) Assessment 101. Five-day workshop introducing the Assessment Cycle to attendees, Virtual facilitation from James Madison University.  

Henning, G., Finney, S. J., Lundquist, A., Stewart, J., & Herr, R. (2025, Feb). Integrating and evaluating equity-centered assessment. Pre-conference workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of ACPA, Long Beach, CA.   

Lambert, L. & Hunsberger, J. (2025, Feb. 26). Report generation with Quarto. Workshop at the Continuous Improvement Summit, Virtual. 

AWARDS:

Julia Sarah Oliver, Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association College and University Scholarship Recipient.

Farinelli, M., & Zhao, C. (2024, August). Reliability of inline dynamometry for assessing ankle strength in individuals with chronic ankle instability (Advisor: Dr. John Goetschius) [Research grant, $500]. Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association (VATA).

PRESENTATIONS:

Clark, K., Trickett, J., Donovan, L. T., Dawson, J., & Goetschius, J. (2024, June). Effects of blood flow restriction on performance during balance exercises in individuals with chronic ankle instability. National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

DeBerry, J., Armstrong, K. J., & Daniels, M. (2024, June). Minority students’ perception of athletic training programs recruitment and retention strategies. National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Frye, J. L., Belbey, M. A., & Armstrong, K. J. (2024, May). Orientation using standardized patients increases athletic training student communication effectiveness when transitioning to clinical education experiences. Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association (MAATA) Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA.

Frye, J. L., Belbey, M. A., & Armstrong, K. J. (2024, June). Orientation using standardized patients increases athletic training student communication effectiveness when transitioning to clinical education experiences. National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Goetschius, J., Sellers, R., Brincks, K., & Kuenze, C. (2025, January). Quadriceps strength testing practices & barriers during return to sport from ACL reconstruction: A survey of collegiate athletic trainers. Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association (VATA) Annual Meeting, Hampton, VA.

McMullan, M. T., & Peterson, C. L. (2024, January). Management of a distal hamstring tendon rupture in a Division 1 women’s soccer athlete: Level 4 CASE study. Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association (VATA) Annual Meeting, Hampton, VA.

Naves, S., Fox, C., Couvillion, E., Armstrong, K., & Frye, J. (2025, January). Rates of perceived anxiety and coping strategies in professional athletic training students. Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association (VATA) Annual Meeting, Hampton, VA.

Peterson, C. L., Cline, P. J., & Rasnake, A. (2025, January). Uses, roles, and barriers associated with training load management by collegiate athletic trainers. Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association (VATA) Annual Meeting, Hampton, VA.

Stith, E., Kuenze, C. K., & Goetschius, J. (2024, June). The validity of low-cost handheld dynamometers for assessing quadriceps strength in individuals with ACL reconstructed knees. National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Walker, S., Brown, A., Woofter, B., & Armstrong, K. J. (2024, June). Orientation using standardized patients increases athletic training student communication effectiveness when transitioning to clinical education experiences. National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

PUBLICATIONS:

Armstrong, K. J., Walker, S. E., Woofter, B. L., & Brown, A. N. (2024). Current uses of simulation and standardized patients in athletic training education: Uses for teaching and assessment and barriers to use. Athletic Training Education Journal, 19(3), 173–174.

Sellers, R., Brincks, K., Kuenze, C., & Goetschius, J. (2025). Quadriceps strength testing practices & barriers during return to sport from ACL reconstruction: A survey of collegiate athletic trainers. Journal of Athletic Training, 60(2), 111–118.

AWARDS:

Cassidy Shugrue, 2nd Place Student Poster Competition (2025, March). “Informational Masking and Stochastic Resonance in Mutant Mice Poster Presentation”. Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Richmond, VA  

Husna Firdose, Recipient of the Sadanand Singh Memorial Scholarship. (2024, May). American Academy of Audiology.  

Jesus Gomez, Recipient of the Susan Jerger Award for Research in Vestibular Science. (2025, March). “Risk of falls in underserved populations: A scoping review” [Poster presentation]. American Academy of Audiology (AAA) HearTECH Expo, New Orleans, LA.  

Jesus Gomez, Graduate Travel Grant Award (2025, February). Office of Student Awards, Initiatives, and Research at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 

Nicole Kirk, 3rd Place in Student Poster Competition. (2025, March). “Novel Paradigm For Vestibular Perception in Children”. Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Richmond, VA. 

Nicole Kirk, Graduate Travel Grant Award (2025, February). Office of Student Awards, Initiatives, and Research at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 

Preeti Pandey, Honorable mention for Outstanding Dissertation (April 2025). The Graduate School at James Madison University 

COMMUNITY and PROFESSIONAL IMPACT:

AuD students volunteered at the Virginia State Special Olympics games providing hearing screenings and hearing aid related services to the competing athletes, July 2024, Richmond, VA 

AuD students provided hearing screenings for Best Foot Forward program though the Valley Program for Aging Services, September 2024, Harrisonburg, VA  

Husna Firdose, Reviewer of applications for the MSLP-Minority Student Leadership Program (May 2024 – November 2024), American Speech Language Hearing Association. 

Brandy Hollins, Research Podiums and Student Research Forum Review Subcommittee (June 2024- Mar 2025) for the American Academy of Audiology 

Brandy Hollins, Research, Clinical, and Teaching Posters Subcommittee (June 2024- Mar 2025) for the American Academy of Audiology

Brandy Hollins, Mission of Mercy, UPMC, Pittsburgh PA (November 2, 2024), Volunteer Hearing Testing 

Student Academy of Audiology hosted free hearing screenings for the community in celebration of World Hearing Day in March. (Molly Toole was interviewed by Breeze TV), March 2025, Harrisonburg, VA 

PRESENTATIONS:

Bruce, D. and Nie, Y. (2025, March 26-28). Evaluating Efficacy and Barriers to Success of an Auditory Training Program for Patients with Auditory Processing Disorder American Academy of Audiology. New Orleans, LA, United States  

Cartwright, A, DePaolis, R. A. & Harbick, (2025, March). Assessing Quality of Life in Families with Infants that have Chronic Otitis Media, [Poster Presentation]. Speech-Language Hearing Association of Virginia, Richmond, VA. 

Gomez, J. & Piker, E. (2025, March 18). Risk of falls in underserved populations: A scoping review [Invited talk]. Brown Bag Seminar Series, Department of Audiology, San José State University, San José, CA. 

Gomez, J., & Piker, E. (2025, February). Risk of falls in underserved populations: A scoping review [Featured podium presentation]. 17th Annual American Balance Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ. 

Hollins, B.L., Piker, E.G. (2025, March 26-29). Stigma Predicts Participation and Autonomy in Chronic Vestibulopathy. [Poster Presentation]. 2025 American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States. 

Hollins, B.L., Piker, E.G. (2025, February 27). Stigma Predicts Participation and Autonomy in Chronic Vestibulopathy. [Poster Presentation]. 2025 American Balance Society Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, United States. 

Kirk, N., Piker, E.G. (2025, March). Novel Paradigm For Vestibular Perception in Children. [Poster presentation]. Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Richmond, VA.  

Kirk, N. Piker, E.G. (2025, March). Novel Paradigm For Vestibular Perception in Children. [Poster presentation]. American Academy of Audiology, New Orleans, LA.  

Mueller, K. and Nie, Y. (2025, March 21). How Audiologists Are Using Adaptive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus Management. Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia. Richmond, VA, United States  

Mueller, K. and Nie, Y. (2025, March 26-28). How Audiologists Are Using Adaptive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus Management. American Academy of Audiology. New Orleans, LA, United States 

Ritter, R., Timler, G., Zane, E., Ritter, B. & Conant, V. (2024, December 5). Mixed methods study of adults’ perceptions of items from the Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS-2) [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Seattle, WA, United States. 

Ritter, R. & Ritter, B. (2024, November 1). Neurodiversity and leadership in honors education. In Fawn-Amber Montoya & Sherese Williams (Chairs) Diversity, equity, & inclusion [Panel presentation] National Collegiate Honors Council 2024 Conference, Kansas City, MO, United States. 

Ritter, R. & Ritter, B. (2024, November 1). (Dis)Ability & DEI: Neurodiversity and leadership a new, interdisciplinary course offering [Conference session]. National Collegiate Honors Council 2024 Conference, Kansas City, MO, United States. 

Ritter, R. & Ritter, B. (2024, April 16). Disability & DEI. In Fawn-Amber Montoya (Chair) (Dis)Ability in Honors [Virtual panel] National Collegiate Honors Council, Diversity & Inclusion Committee.  

Shugrue, C., Gray, L. (2025, March 21). Informational Masking and Stochastic Resonance in Mutant Mice [Poster Presentation]. Speech-Language Hearing Association of Virginia, Richmond, VA. 

Shugrue, C. Gray, L. (2025, April 16). Grand Rounds: Osseointegrated Bone Conduction Devices. [Grand Rounds], James Madison University. 

Shugrue, C. (2024, October 8). Grand Rounds: Pediatric Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct. [Grand Rounds], James Madison University. 

Timler, G. & Ritter, R. (2024, December 7). Pragmatic language sampling analyses: Neurodiversity-affirming considerations [Invited conference session]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.  

PUBLICATIONS:

Hollins, B. L., Piker, E. G., McCaslin, D. L., Kush, J. M., Mathiassen, J., & Huijnen, J. (2025). Chronic Dizziness and Positional Symptoms: An Exploration of Symptom Clusters and Participant-Reported Experiences. American journal of audiology, 1–11. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJA-24-00162 

Jha, R.H., Piker, E.G., Scalzo, M., Trinidad D. (2025). Dance training and the neuroplasticity of the vestibulo-ocular reflex: Preliminary findings. Brain Sciences, 15, 355. 

Jha, R.H., Piker E.G., Gomez J. D. (2024) Effect of age on the frequency amplitude ratio of cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. American journal of audiology, Jun 4;33(2):411-421. 

AWARDS:

Nerissa Germain-Cronister: F. Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program, Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 2025

PRESENTATIONS:

Best, C. (2025).  Neurocounseling. Session presented at the annual Virginia Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Norfolk, Virginia.  

Chait, N., Decker, A., Owens, C., & Cooke, A. (2025, April). Associations between ACEs, School Connectedness, and Suicidality Among LGBTQ Youth. Poster presented at the Virginia Association for Psychological Sciences, Williamsburg, VA.

Decker, A. L., Owens, C. R. (2025, March). Postpartum mental health. Talk presented to FIRST program, a community outreach of JMU Speech-Language Clinic, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.

Decker, A. L., Isiadinso, C., & Stewart, A. L. (2024, October). Support regulation and enhance relationships with play-based interventions. Talk presented at the Virginia School Counselor Association Annual Conference, Hampton, VA, USA. 

Decker, A. L., Owens, C. R. (2024, October). Essentials of postpartum mental health. Talk presented to FIRST program, a community outreach of JMU Speech-Language Clinic, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.

Decker, A. L. (2024, September). Building supports for homeless youth: System interventions. Invited talk presented at the Waynesboro Public Schools, Waynesboro, VA, USA.

Decker, A. L. (2024, September). Conducting a group play-based intervention: A trauma-informed approach. Presentation for the Virginia Association for Play Therapy September 2024 Meeting, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.

Evans, A.M., Meixner, C., Hughes, K., Williams, M. & Hook, B. (2025). Neurographic Mindfulness Activity. Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference, Orlando, Florida. 

Evans, A.M., Hook, B., *Foncha, D., Williams, M., Moore, D., *Plowright, E., & Riso, C.V. (2025). Neurodiversity: Applying Humanistically Oriented Universal Design to Learning in Counseling Spaces. Association for Humanistic Counseling, Tampa, Florida. 

*JMU STAIR award recipients 

Evans, A.M., Hiatt, K., Goodman-Scott, E., Cartwright, A., & Hughes, K. (2025). The dismantling of DEI and health disparities: A call to allies. American Counseling Association, Orlando, Florida. 

Harmison, R., Ramirez, B., Shoss, L. (2025, February 22). So You Feel Like an Imposter… Welcome to the Club! Normalizing, Navigating, and Overcoming Imposter Phenomenon as Students and Developing Professionals [Conference Session]. 2025 Mid-Atlantic Regional Sport Psychology Conference, Glassboro, NJ.

Hughes, K., Anderson R., Staton, A. R. (2024, November). Psychedelics in the Counseling Room – A Matter of If, Not When? Session presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Counselors Association, Portsmouth, VA. 

Isiadinso, C., & Stewart, A. L. (2024, October). Coercive control: An overview for counselors. [Conference session]. Virginia Counselors Association Convention, Hampton, VA. 

Khaldun, N. M., Brown, J. H., Piper, C. M., Snyder, J. H., & Szwedo, D. E. (2025, May). Adolescent intimacy and ego development: Links to future relationships and well-being [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

Khaldun, N. M., Bernstein, A. R., Snyder, J. H., Piper, C. M., & Szwedo, D. E. (2025, May). The development of self-worth throughout adolescence [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

Khaldun, N. M., Szwedo, D.E., & Allen, J.P. (2025, April). The role of parental, peer, and cultural influences on self-worth [Oral presentation]. Virginia Association for Psychological Science. Williamsburg, VA.

Moncure, W. P. (2024, September). A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Accurate Differential Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder [Poster presentation]. International Society for Bipolar Disorders, Reykjavik Iceland

Moncure, W. P. (2024, September). Bipolar or Borderline? A Case Study on a Challenging Differential Diagnosis [Poster presentation]. International Society for Bipolar Disorders, Reykjavik Iceland

Piper, C. M., Szwedo, D. E., Allen, J.P., Bernstein, L. F., & Khaldun, N.M. (2024, April 4^th). Self-Worth across the lifespan: Determinants of concurrent and future self-worth [Conference Presentation]. 2025 Virginia Association for Psychological Science (VAPS) Convention, Williamsburg, VA.

Piper, C. M., Poillucci, E. A., Snyder, J.H., Khaldun, N.M., Szwedo, D.E., & Allen, J. P. (2025, May 1 – 3). The Long-Lasting Effects of Interpersonal Relationships: Long-term links from Adolescence to Adult Physical Health Outcomes [Conference Presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

Piper, C. M., Mills, K.C., Khaldun, N.M., Snyder, J.H., Szwedo, D.E., & Allen, J. P. (2025, May 1 – 3). Interactions between Online Communication and other Social Qualities​as Predictors of Romantic Satisfaction [Conference Presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

Stewart, A. L. & Germain-Cronister, N. (2024). Creating hope in hard times: When children & adolescents grieve. Workshop presentation at the Virginia Counselors Association Convention 2024, Hampton, Virginia. 

Stewart, A. L. & Germain-Cronister, N. (2024). Trauma-informed and play-based crisis intervention strategies for schools. Breakout session presentation at the 2024 Virginia School Counselor Association Conference, Hampton, Virginia.

Zhao, H., Stewart, A. L., & Nelson-Faulconer, J. (2024, November 15). Perspectives on climate change with older people. [Panel presentation]. Gerontological Society of America, Seattle, WA. 

PUBLICATIONS:

Stewart, A. L., Linger, J., Nelson-Faulconer, J., & Jarrett, H. (2025). Nature-based play therapy. In D. Crenshaw, A. L. Stewart, & D. Ray (Eds.), Play therapy: A comprehensive guide to theory and practice (2nd ed.) The Guilford Press.

Stewart, A. L., Linger, J., Nelson-Faulconer, J., & Jarrett, H. (2024). Working with refugees: Creating connection and therapeutic refuge. In Stone, J., Grant, J., and C, Mellenthin, (Eds). Trauma Impacts: The Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma. Wiley.

Timler, G. R., Zane, E., Decker, A. L., Ritter, R., & Stewart, A. L. (2024). Best practices for supporting social-emotional development in children with developmental language disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Perspectives of the ASHS Special Interest Groups, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_PERSP-24-00088

AWARDS:

Brittany Hook received the Carl Swanson Award for Service to the Counseling Profession. The Carl Swanson Award is presented to the Counseling Programs student who has made significant contributions to the program and the profession. 

Tara Pollnitz received the Helen Moore Award for the Pursuit of Counseling Excellence. The Helen Moore Award is presented to the Counseling Programs student who has been exemplary in pursuing counseling excellence. 

Rayah Secrist received the William Hall Award for Contributions to the Learning Community. This award is presented to the Counseling Programs student who has made outstanding contributions to the professional growth of other students and has significantly advanced the study of counseling. 

PRESENTATIONS:

Best, C. (2025).  Neurocounseling. Session presented at the annual Virginia Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Norfolk, Virginia.  

Evans, A.M., Meixner, C., Hughes, K., Williams, M. & Hook, B. (2025). Neurographic Mindfulness Activity. Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference, Orlando, Florida. 

Evans, A.M., Hook, B., *Foncha, D., Williams, M., Moore, D., *Plowright, E., & Riso, C.V. (2025). Neurodiversity: Applying Humanistically Oriented Universal Design to Learning in Counseling Spaces. Association for Humanistic Counseling, Tampa, Florida. 

*JMU STAIR award recipients 

Evans, A.M., Hiatt, K., Goodman-Scott, E., Cartwright, A., & Hughes, K. (2025). The dismantling of DEI and health disparities: A call to allies. American Counseling Association, Orlando, Florida. 

Hughes, K., Anderson R., Staton, A. R. (2024, November). Psychedelics in the Counseling Room – A Matter of If, Not When? Session presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Counselors Association, Portsmouth, VA. 

AWARDS:

Gavin Wilkerson received the NASPA VA outstanding New Professional award. 

COMMUNITY IMPACT:

Sidnie Baker and Gavin Wilkerson were on the Virginia Student Services Conference planning committee and initiated and designed a new Graduate Student Symposium. 

PRESENTATIONS:

Eley, P. (2024, November). I did what now? Annual gathering of the Virginia Student Services Conference, Wintergreen, VA. 

Grande, S. E., Cabaccan, B., & Lambertz, A. (2024, November). “Comparison is the thief of joy”: Supporting student well-being in an age of social comparison. Annual gathering of the Virginia Student Services Conference, Wintergreen, VA. 

Grande, S. E., Ferrao, E., Tran, J. (2024, November). The challenges of being a twentysomething: Supporting our students during the most uncertain decade. Annual gathering of the Southern Association of College Student Affairs, Charlotte, NC. 

 Wax, A. O. & Harry, M. (2024, November). Introverts in the workplace. Annual gathering of the Virginia Student Services Conference, Wintergreen, VA. 

AWARDS:

Alexandra Ali, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in Communication and Advocacy

Kaitlin Gold, The Graduate School Outstanding Thesis in Social Sciences and Humanities, “If we don’t get the help we need, what does that say about the future for Americans?” A Rhetorical Analysis of Public Responses to Ohio Environmental Disasters, Advisor: Dr. Matt Brigham

Folajimi Kalejaye, The Graduate Student Association Impact Award

Folajimi Kalejaye, Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Communication and Advocacy

Thandwa Maphalala, Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Communication and Advocacy

Leonita Morina, The Graduate School Innovation Award

DaNae Peterson, The Voices of Motherscholars, Top Oral Presentation, The Graduate Showcase of Scholarship and Creative Activities

DaNae Peterson, The Voices of Motherscholars, 2^nd Place, The Graduate School’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition

DaNae Peterson, The Voices of Motherscholars, People’s Choice Award, The Graduate Schools 3-Minute Thesis Competition

Christina Quint (Class of 2016), Inaugural Outstanding Alumni Award

PRESENTATIONS:

Bates, S.N., Hoti, E., Maphalala, T., Morina, L., Williamson, A., Yoder, A., & Alemán, M.W. (March, 2025). The Problems of grind culture: Rest as fugitivity in a graduate classroom. Roundtable Presentation. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Buffalo, NY.

Bates, S. (2025, February). Becoming one with nature in the "Sea of Trees:" An autoethnographic exploration of existentialism in Japan's "Suicide" Forest. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality & Social Psychology in Denver, Colorado. 

Bates, S. (2025, April). Becoming One with Nature in the “Sea of Trees:” An Autoethnographic Exploration of Existentialism in Japan’s “Suicide” Forest. Poster presentation at the Graduate Showcase for Scholarship and Creative Activities, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Bertram, V., & Nicholson, E. (March, 2025). A reinvestigation of memorable messages during socialization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Buffalo, NY. Top Paper Award in Organizational Communication.

Brigham, M., Philip, D. & Smith, G. (March, 2025). Co-constructing and co-editing an OER about environmental justice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Buffalo, NY.

Brigham, M., Philip, D. & Smith, G. (2025, March). Co-constructing and co-editing an OER about environmental justice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Buffalo, NY.

Harvell-Bowman, L.A., Critchfield, K., D'Agostino, P., Bates, S., Quinn, A., Fuller, E., & Stavalone, P. (2025, February). Existential Flourishing: Exploring relational cognition as a mechanism to produce more meaningful therapeutic experiences. Presented at The Annual meeting of the Society for Personality & Social Psychology in Denver, Colorado and the Existential Psychology Preconference in Denver, Colorado. 

Harvell-Bowman, L.A., Critchfield, K., D'Agostino, P, Bates, S., Lampf, B., & Haq, S. (2025, February). Exploring Death Thought Accessibility levels among young adults when writing about close relationships. Presented at the annual meeting of the Existential Psychology Preconference at the Society for Personality & Social Psychology in Denver, Colorado. 

Ijeluola, O.T. (November, 2024). Collaborative Strategies for Tackling Health Misinformation Among Young Adults: What Works in Public Health Campaigns? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Ijeluola, O.T. (May, 2025) Types of physical activity and its perceived benefits among the secretarial staff of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State. Paper to be presented at the D.C. Health Communication Conference, Dulles Town Center, VA.

Kalejaye, F.E. (November, 2025). Save our future. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Maphalala, T. (February 2025). The soft life: The political economy and ideas of rest in South Africa. Paper presented at the 15^th annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Interdisciplinary Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Morina, L. & Dushimirimana, A. (April, 2025). "The Support Provided isn’t the Support I Need": Exploring International Graduate Students Academic and Socio-Cultural Experiences. Poster presentation at the Graduate Showcase for Scholarship and Creative Activities, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Okamoto, K., Nicholson, E., Olorunsayo, I.T., Stoner, A., Kalejaye, F. (May, 2025). Decolonizing international student health insurance. Paper to be presented at the D.C. Health Communication Conference, Dulles Town Center, VA.

Peterson, D. (April, 2025). Rest, Resilience, and the Black Motherscholar: Breaking Free from the Grind Culture. Poster presentation at the Graduate Showcase for Scholarship and Creative Activities, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Peterson, D. (May, 2025). Rest, Resilience, and the Black Motherscholar: Breaking Free from the Grind Culture. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of NCORE (National Conference on Race and Ethnicity), New York, NY.

Peterson, D. (November, 2024).  Supporting the Motherscholar: Advocacy, Affinity, Advancement. Presentation at the annual meeting of Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA), Charlotte, NC.

Peterson, D. (April, 2025). The voices of Black motherscholars. Paper presented at the Graduate Showcase for Scholarship and Creative Activities, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Peterson, D. (May, 2025). The Liberated Voice of Black Motherscholars: Navigating Academia, Identity, and Community. Session to be presented at the annual meeting of NCORE (National Conference on Race and Ethnicity), New York, NY.

Reynolds-Tylus, T., & Morina, L. (May, 2025). Encouraging Help-seeking for Depression: The Mistargeted Communication Technique and Psychological Reactance. Paper to be presented at the D.C. Health Communication Conference, Dulles Town Center, VA.

Williamson, A. (April, 2025). Redefining independence: An autoethnographic journey of visual impairment and advocacy. Poster presentation at the Graduate Showcase for Scholarship and Creative Activities, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

PUBLICATIONS:

Ali, A., & Brigham, M.P. (Accepted for publication April 15, 2025). Rhetoric and paradox in an age of #MeToo and #TimesUp: Enactment and harmony in Kesha’s 2018 Grammys performance of “Praying.” Ohio Communication Journal.

Barnhardt, C.N. (2024) "Becoming the Protagonist: Finding Oneself Through Studying Abroad in Japan," Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research: Vol. 23, Article 4.

Brigham, M., Philip, D., & Smith, G. (2024). Introducing Environmental Advocacy. An Open Educational Resource, James Madison University.

AWARDS:

Preeti Pandey received JMU Graduate School honorable mention for best dissertation. 

PRESENTATIONS:

Berggren, K., Factors impacting dysphagia in adult-onset myotonic dystrophy type 1, World Muscle Society Annual Congress, Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 8-12, 2024 

Berggren, K., Best SLP-specific Practices in Rare Neuromuscular Diseases, 2025 Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia Conference, March 22, 2025 
 
Berggren, K., Factors impacting dysphagia in adult-onset myotonic dystrophy type 1, Dysphagia Research Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 25-28. 

Berggren, K., PPMD’s Duchenne Care Workshop Series: Gastroenterology, Urology, and Swallowing, December 5-6, 2024. 

Berggren, K., “Eating with DMD” panel discussion for 2024 PPMD Annual Conference, June 29, 2024. 

Berggren, K., “Eating safely with myotonic dystrophy” talk for TREAT-NMD DM1 Masterclass, January 16, 2025 

Berggren, K., Participated in an FDA meeting for potential drug approval for a rare disease. It was the FDA August 2, 2024 Genetic Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee Meeting (https://www.fda.gov/media/180465/download).  

Bruce, D., & Nie, Y. (2025). Evaluating Efficacy and Barriers to Success of an Auditory Training Program for Patients with Auditory Processing Disorder. Poster. American Academy of Audiology. 

Ritter, R.*, Timler, G., Zane, E., Ritter, B. & Conant, V. (2024, December 5). Mixed methods study of adults’ perceptions of items from the Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS-2) [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Seattle, WA, United States. 

Ritter, R. & Ritter, B. (2024, November 1). Neurodiversity and leadership in honors education. In Fawn-Amber Montoya & Sherese Williams (Chairs) Diversity, equity, & inclusion [Panel presentation] National Collegiate Honors Council 2024 Conference, Kansas City, MO, United States. 

Ritter, R.* & Ritter, B.* (2024, November 1). (Dis)Ability & DEI: Neurodiversity and leadership a new, interdisciplinary course offering [Conference session]. National Collegiate Honors Council 2024 Conference, Kansas City, MO, United States. 

Ritter, R. & Ritter, B. (2024, April 16). Disability & DEI. In Fawn-Amber Montoya (Chair) (Dis)Ability in Honors [Virtual panel] National Collegiate Honors Council, Diversity & Inclusion Committee. 

Timler, G. & Ritter, R. (2024, December 7). Pragmatic language sampling analyses: Neurodiversity-affirming considerations [Invited conference session]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Seattle, WA, United States. 

PUBLICATIONS:

Armstrong, N., Apkon, S., Berggren, K. N., Braun, C., Ciafaloni, E., Connolly, A., Kennedy, A., Kuntz, N., Mathews, K., McGuire, M., Parad, R., Scavina, M., Scharf, R. J., & Waldrop, M. (2024). The Early Care (0-3 Years) In Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Meeting Report. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3233/JND-230180 

Hartman, J. M., Ikegami, K., Provenzano, M., Bates, K., Butler, A., Jones, A. S., Berggren, K. N., Dekdebrun, J., Mckay, M. J., Baldwin, J. N., Cornett, K. M. D., Burns, J., Kiefer, M., Johnson, N. E., & Hale, M. A. (2024). RNA mis-splicing in children with congenital myotonic dystrophy is associated with physical function. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 1, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.52224 

Patel, N.,* Berggren, K. N.,* Man Hung, Bates, K., Dixon, M., Bax, K., Adams, H., Butterfield, R., & Johnson, N. E. (2024). The Neurobehavioral Phenotype of Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy. [Accepted]. Department of Neurology, VCU. * - denotes joint first authorship 

Trucco, F., Albamonte, E., Pane, M., Ricci, F., D’amico, A., Astrea, G., Moroni, I., Pini, A., Fiorillo, C., Berardinelli, A., Johnson, N. E., Sansone, V. A., Lizio, A., di Bari, A., Salmin, F., Beretta, M., Casiraghi, J., Pozzi, S., Antonaci, L., … Berggren, K. (2024). Parental diagnostic delay and developmental outcomes in congenital and childhood-onset myotonic dystrophy type 1. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, July, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.16079 

AWARDS:

Albrina Burger was accepted into the 2025 Association for Specialists in Group Work Virtual Leadership Institute cohort. 

Cassidi Long was elected secretary for Licensed Counselors of NC (LCCNC) 

Brian Lusk is the Graduate Student Representative for the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling. 

Brian Lusk, was selected to be the new Executive Director of Mental Health at the University of South Carolina: Read Article 

PRESENTATIONS:

Bryant, K., & Staton, R. (November, 2024). Counselor wellness: Building resilience through autonomy in the classroom [Conference presentation]. Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Dallas, TX. 

Bryant, K., Rose, K., & Crockett, S. (November, 2024). Strategies for fostering doctoral student research identity development in counselor education [Conference presentation]. Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Dallas, TX. 

Erikson, A., & Meixner, C. (April, 2025). Enfranchising grief and validating ambiguous loss [Conference presentation accepted]. Association of Humanistic Counseling Conference. Safety Harbor, FL. 

Hutchison, S. (March, 2025). Cultivating compassionate connection: The intersection of cultural humility and the therapeutic alliance [Conference presentation]. VACES Graduate Student Conference. Virginia Beach, VA 

Joseph, A. (April, 2025). May I join you? Exploration of relational-cultural theory applications for home-based therapy. [Conference presentation]. Association of Humanistic Counseling Conference. Safety Harbor, FL. 

Long, C. (April, 2025). Rising above: Advocating for BIPOC students as DEI is under fire [Conference presentation]. Counselors for Social Justice Conference, Puerto Rico. 

Mojta, C., Hathaway, K., Lewis, J., & Hutchison, S. (April, 2025). Enhancing a strong supervisor-supervisee relationship by implementing best practices that focus on building resiliency and growth [Conference presentation]. Association of Humanistic Counseling Conference. Safety Harbor, FL. 

Puryear, T., & Staton, R. (October, 2024). Incorporating harm reduction principles in counselor education: Student learning activities [Conference presentation]. North Atlantic Region Association for Counselor Education & Supervision. Atlantic City, NJ. 

Rose, K., & Crockett, S. (November, 2024. The PIE model: A pedagogical tool for addressing masculine dissonance in counselor preparation [Conference presentation]. Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Dallas, TX. 

Snow, T., Anderson, R., & Atwood, K. (2025, January 22–24). Incorporating rural integrated healthcare training and service in graduate programs at institutions without medical schools [Conference presentation]. American Association of Colleges & Universities Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 

Yang, J., Crockett, S., & Hiatt, K. (April, 2025). Reimagining gatekeeping practices through a relational cultural theory lens [Conference presentation accepted]. Association of Humanistic Counseling Conference. Safety Harbor, FL. 

PUBLICATIONS:

Erickson, A. (2025, March/April). Parenting a neurodivergent child: Scenes from a long, lonely journey. Psychotherapy Networker. 

Meixner, C., O'Donoghue, C. R., & Erickson, A. (2024). Navigating disenfranchised grief: Women's experiences caring for family with brain injury. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/johc.12224

Terri Crenshaw, M.Ed. - Literacy Concentration, earned her Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Here is the press release from Henrico County Public Schools. 

Alumnus, Justine Juart, appointed to the Association of Teacher Educators’ national teacher leadership taskforce. 

AWARDS:

Tiff Polzin received the 2025 Graduate School Civic Engagement Award 

 Aiman Rahman received the Graduate Travel Grant Award funding from our grad school to attend the conference. 

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:

Haylee Chase Edwards led a "Spring Cleaning Book Drive," which brought in over 30 books that will be donated to Gemeinschaft Women's Home, a residential community home in Harrisonburg for women who have been released or diverted from incarceration! 

PRESENTATIONS:

Estavillo, A. R. (2025, June). Movement and mundanity: Redefining belonging and the ‘natural’ in the Anthropocene through Harryette Mullen’s Urban Tumbleweed [Conference presentation]. Polish Association for the Study of English Crossroads Conference 5: Voices of the Earth: Literary and Linguistic Perspectives in Environmental Humanities, University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland. 

Estavillo, A. R. (2025, April 10). Literary confrontations with colonized religiosity: Shame and sacrifice in ‘Filipinized’ Catholicism [Conference presentation]. Journeying: Movements, Passages, and Horizons, Concordia University Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (virtual). 

Estavillo, A. R. (2025, April 5). The soap-operatic assemblages of  Mutazione: Mutant ecologies and posthuman kinship [Conference presentation]. UARK Graduate Students in English Interdisciplinary Conference: Approaching Dystopia, Fayetteville, AR, United States. 

Estavillo, A. R. (2025, February 20). “a perfect All-American b*tch”: Hybridity, representation, and the Filipino American body in Olivia Rodrigo’s pop stardom [Conference presentation]. Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, United States. 

Hollars, R. M. “Coping and Conceptualizing: Fae in Villette.” The 17th Annual Conference of the Victorian Popular Fiction Association, Birmingham & Midland Institute, Birmingham, UK, Forthcoming 14-16 July, 2025 

Hollars, R. M. “‘A Garden of One’s Own’: Creating Homes and Safe Spaces.” University of Ottawa English Graduate Student Association Conference 2025, University of Ottawa, Canada, 15 March 2025 

Hollars, R. M. “‘A Garden of One’s Own’: A Safe Space for Marginalized Groups.” 15th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora (AAAD) Interdisciplinary Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA., 12 February 2025 

Polzin, T.  "The Politics of Love: Exploring the Functions of Isabella's Character in Richard II, “International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 8-10, 2025 

Rahman, A. (2025, March 22–23). The Mycelium of Liberatory Delights: Ross Gay’s Exploration of Black Joy. Presented at the Liberatory Practices for Worlds in Crisis: 2025 MIT GCWS Grad Student Conference, Cambridge, MA. 

PUBLICATIONS:

Bell, N. & Edwards, H. C. (September 2024). Reassembling: IV Acts [Exhibition]. Furious Flower IV: Celebrating the Worlds of Black Poetry, The Prism Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA. 

Edwards, H. C. (Spring 2025). "Lucky Guess." forthcoming in IRIS Literature and Arts Magazine, 3(2). 

Edwards, H. C. (Spring 2025). "Snowberry Clearwing." forthcoming in IRIS Literature and Arts Magazine, 3(2). 

Edwards, H. C. (2025). "Taut." Poem, Worlds Within and Without: An Exhibition of Contemporary Black Art, Furious Flower Poetry Center and the Madison Art Collection, p. 20. 

Edwards, H. C. (Fall 2024). "Boiling With It." Virginia Literary Review, 47(1), p. 47. 

Edwards, H. C. (Fall 2024). "Five little seeds in the palm of your hand." IRIS Literature and Arts Magazine, 3(1), p. 24. 

Edwards, H. C. (Fall 2024). "if there were words enough for what this was...." IRIS Literature and Arts Magazine, 3(1), p. 23. 

Estavillo, A. R. (2025, January). Blade. The Café Review. 

Estavillo, A. R. (2024, September). Imperial. Cordite Poetry Review, (114) 

Pratt, T. “Cigarette in Snow Ghazal.” Iris Literature and Arts Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, James Madison University, 2024. 

Pratt, T. “Sweet Rapture.” Black Rock & Sage, Issue 23, Idaho State University, 2024, pp. 14-15. 

AWARDS:

Dawn Byrne, a current DNP student, was accepted to the Healthcare Management Academy, a leadership development organization focused on developing the next generation of healthcare executives, as an Academy Fellow where she will participate in a 2-year leadership development program. 

Tonka Williams, a current Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student received the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) 2024 Award of Distinction. The Distinction Award recognizes a Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) who exemplifies the mission, vision, and core values of the Medical-Surgical Certification Board (MSNCB). It acknowledges a CMSRN who is dedicated to promoting and communicating the value of certification by providing education and support to peers, healthcare organizations, patients, and/or the community.  

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (MSN): 

Andrea Doss: Volunteered for Poverty Simulation

Bailey Gonzalez: Volunteered for Poverty Simulation

Jennifer Galvin, Cryston Redieski, Heather Goldston, Tonka Williams, Trevan Biddulph: South Africa Policy focused Study Abroad

Morgan Jarecki: Presented poster at National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (NAON) Congress “Nurse-Driven Initiative to Promote Annual Competencies of Orthopedic Nurses”

Jennifer Lawson: Volunteered for Poverty Simulation

Brian Moore: Presentation to Foster Families about Childhood Development and TIC

Rachel Panak, Kavita Subedi, & Hayden Whitworth: Study Abroad Ghana

Rebecca Pence: Volunteered for Poverty Simulation

Hayden Vargas: Volunteered for Poverty Simulation

Jacqueline Venets: Presented to coworkers at INOVA Family Practice “Common Screening Guidelines for Adults in Primary Care”

Shana Wilson: Volunteered at patient education event at Sentara Martha Jefferson Community Health and Outreach Center

DNP PRESENTATIONS:

Evans, M. (2024). Reducing no-shows in a behavioral health setting: A program evaluation. JMU School of Nursing DNP Project Dissemination. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. Project Chair: Dr. Erika Metzler Sawin PhD, RN, FNP-BC

Farmer, A.(2024).  Implementing telehealth monitoring in a rural primary care setting to improve hypertension management: A quality improvement project. JMU School of Nursing DNP Project Dissemination. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. Project Chair: Dr. Holly Buchanan DNP, ANP-BC

Ford, T. R. (2024). Naloxone prescribing at hospital discharge: A quality improvement initiative. JMU School of Nursing DNP Project Dissemination. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. Project Chair: Dr. Erica J. Lewis PhD, RN

Moss, J. M. (2024). Advanced practice clinician outcomes: Pre/post implementation of an advanced practice clinician council. JMU School of Nursing DNP Project Dissemination. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. Project Chair: Dr. Erica J. Lewis PhD, RN

Nayani, H. M. (2024). Decrease seclusion and restraint among children and adolescents in an inpatient hospital: A health policy analysis. JMU School of Nursing DNP Project Dissemination. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. Project Chair: Dr. Erika Metzler Sawin PhD, RN, FNP-BC

O’Laughlin, S. (2024). Implementation of an advanced practice provider into the outpatient neurology clinic to improve access to care and medication compliance. JMU School of Nursing DNP Project Dissemination. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. Project Chair: Dr. Jeannie Corey DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Stace, L. B. (2024). Implementation of a standardized screening and referral process for social determinants of health for families with children within two rural health clinics. JMU School of Nursing DNP Project Dissemination. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. Project Chair: Dr. Christine Argenbright PhD, RN, CNL, FAAN

Stowell, S. E. M. (2024). A comprehensive program evaluation of colorectal re-screening initiatives in rural Virginia. JMU School of Nursing DNP Project Dissemination. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. Project Chair: Dr. Erika Metzler Sawin PhD, RN, FNP-BC

DNP and MSN PODIUM PRESENTATIONS:

Burgess, Julia (2025). Reducing hospital harm by improving hospital glycemic management: A quality improvement project. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

Byrne, Dawn (2025). Glycemic control in hospitalized adults: Improving quality and outcomes. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA.         

Coumes, Rachel (2025). Nurse error and criminal punishment: A policy analysis. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

Dickerson, Heather (2025). Boost the oxytocin, spread the love: Skin to skin in the operating room following cesarean delivery. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

Goldston, Heather (2025). Mind the gap: Reviewing the current literature on the pediatric adult transition of care in sickle cell disease. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

Gray, Jessica (2025). Incorporation of the Duke ambulatory acuity staffing model into an ambulatory oncology clinic: A program evaluation. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

Panak, Rachel (2025). Outcomes of implementing health insurance education at a university. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

Redieske, Cryston (2025). Social drivers of health screening in a clinic for the homeless: A quality improvement project. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

Richmond, Jill (2025). Reducing the no-show rate in a multi-clinic FQHC (QI). The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

Williams, Tonka (2025). Aortic health equity: A national awareness campaign for black communities. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

MSN POSTER PRESENTATION:

Fleming, Darby (2025). Nursing impact on sepsis in the emergency department: A quality improvement project. The Sigma Omega Zeta Chapter 7^th Annual Research and Scholarship Day. Harrisonburg, VA. USA. 

AWARDS:

Riley Herr, Excellence in Equity-Centered Assessment from ACPA (American College Personnel Association). More Information 

Madison McGuire, 2025 Travel Award recipient for the Society for Black Neuropsychologists to help fund attendance to the INS conference. ($500) 

COMMUNITY or PROFESSIONAL IMPACT:

Virginia Brain Injury Needs and Resources Assessment: A participatory action applied research project funded by the Administration for Community Living (ACL)/Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative (CNI), 2024-2026, $260,000. Principal Investigator: Cara Meixner. Research team includes Cynthia O’Donoghue (co-PI), Caitlyn Hewitt (research assistant, Psychological Sciences), Madison McGuire (research assistant, Psychological Sciences), Andrew Davie (survivor consultant), and Karen Grazionale (caregiver consultant). 

The Boys and Girls Club of Harrisonburg and Rockingham Country (BGHCR) & Madison Center for Community Development (MCCD) at JMU:  Anna Garst (1st Year, Psychological Sciences) evaluates and implements a mental health intervention at the Boys and Girls Club. She handles data management, analysis, club observations, grant writing, and reporting. Anna also develops program measures and assists with implementing Emory University’s SEE Learning framework to enhance social-emotional literacy. Daily, she leads or assists lessons, tracking their implementation. BGCHR and MCCD are fostering a healthier, more resilient community by expanding access to mental health services. 

Hunger Free Campus Advocacy Event (2025, January): Anna Garst (1st Year, Psychological Sciences) participated in an advocacy event at the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, sponsored by Swipe Out Hunger, to support a bill funding universities to aid students facing food insecurity. She met with two Virginia delegates and three delegate staff representatives to discuss the bill's importance from a student perspective. Anna also attended a press conference where delegates and university students addressed food insecurity on college campuses. The bill has since passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

PRESENTATIONS:

Boss, J., Melone, T., & Powers, F. (2025, April). Varied versus non-varied behavior specific praise on student on-task behavior. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis, Newport News, VA. 

Garst, A., Owens, C.R., Peaslee, L., & Teye, A. (2025, May). Advancing mental health equity through out-of-school time programming at the Boys and Girls Clubs. Poster presentation at Association for Psychological Science, Washington D.C. 

Garst, A., Owens, C.R., Peaslee, L., & Walshe, J. (2025, April). An exploration of college student basic needs and health outcomes. Poster presentation at Virginia Association for Psychological Sciences, Williamsburg, VA. 

Garst, A., Owens, C.R., Peaslee, L., & Teye, A. (2025, April). Advancing mental health equity through out-of-school time programming at the Boys and Girls Clubs. Poster presentation at James Madison University Graduate Student Showcase, Harrisonburg, VA. 

Gilmore, J., Bao, Y., Henriques, J., & Leventhal, B.C. (2024, October). Identifying patterns of disengagement in a low-stakes assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT. 

Gilmore, J., & McFadden, M.E. (2024, November). Building bridges: Developing an online arts entrepreneurship certificate through cross-campus collaboration. Poster presented at the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA. 

Gilmore, J. (2025, April 23-26). Exploring machine learning for measuring aberrant responding in a low-stakes assessment. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO. 

Henriques, J., Leventhal, B.C., Gilmore, J., & Bao, Y. (2024, September). Time of day’s influence on engagement and performance for a university low-stakes assessment. Invited presentation for the Center for Assessment and Research Studies (CARS) at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. 

Henriques, J., Leventhal, B.C., Gilmore, J., & Bao, Y. (2024, October). Time of day’s influence on engagement and performance for a university low-stakes assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT. 

Hernandez, M., McGuire, M., Fazio, E., Germain-Cronister, N., Hewitt, C., Jordan, J., Mattingly, M., Sapperstein, A., Young, A., Jáuregui, G., Marcopulos, B., & Fernández, A. (2025). A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Multicultural Neuropsychological Scale (MUNS). Poster session presented at International Neuropsychological Society 2025 Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Leventhal, B.C., & Henriques, J. (2024, December). Reliability and validity: Necessities for successful assessment. Workshop presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Austin, TX. 

Owens, C.R., Garst, A., Peaslee, L., Hawkins, J., & Harman, A. (2025, March). Addressing JMU student basic needs to create a more inclusive university. Presentation at JMU Diversity Conference, Harrisonburg, VA. (Cancelled last minute due to conflicting JMU event) 

Pankey, V., Owens, C.R., & Garst, A. (2025, May). Lessons learned from conducting an anxiety focused parent training program in emergency homeless shelters. Poster presentation at Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. (Not a presenter, but cited for contribution) 

Richardson, N. E. (2025, April 12). Insights from exploratory interviews on aromantic identity. Presentation at Virginia Social Science Association 98th Annual Conference, Petersburg, VA, USA. 

West, S., Piatt, C., Stokes, T., Troyer, B. (2025) Evaluating the Use of Positive Self-Talk as an Antecedent Intervention for On-Task Behavior in Adolescents with ADHD, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis, Newport News, VA. 

AWARDS:

Bahire, Christian, Sahiti, Fortuna, “Lessons from a six-year drug treatment court evaluation: Improving program processes and participant outcomes” - Best Poster Award, The 2025 Showcase of Graduate Student Scholarship & Creative Activities

Phillippi, Matt (MPA ’25) National Eagle Scout Association 2024 Outstanding Eagle Scout Award 

Phillipi, Matt (MPA ’25) 2024 Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award 

COMMUNITY and CIVIC LEADERSHIP:

Phillippi, Matt (MPA ’25) Chair, City of Harrisonburg Zoning Appeals Board 

Phillippi, Matt (MPA ’25) Council Commissioner, Virginia Headwaters Council, Scouting America 

Makhuwira, Rabecca (MPA ’25) Co-Founder, 'Woman Arise Foundation' in Malawi 

Isabwe Rusagara, Maurice, Bahire,Christian, and Kajyibwami,Ghilain (MPA ’26); Mutoni, Divine Kitoko, Diakite,Bangaly, and Rwandanga,Emery (MPA ’25); Coordinators, 31st Commemoration of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda at JMU 

Isabwe Rusagara, Maurice (MPA ’26) Co-Founder and Secretary, JMU International Student Association 

Sahiti, Fortuna (MPA ’25) Organizer February 29th 2024, 'Criminal Justice Reform and the Role of Drug Courts: Emerging Research Topics,' featuring special guest speaker Dr. Daryll Jackson; Madison Center for Community Development 

PRESENTATIONS:

Selimi, Labearta (MPA ’25) The Role of Women During and After the Kosovo War: Survivors, Fighters, and the Struggle for Justice, JMU Showcase of Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Activities. 

Makhuwira, Rabecca (MPA ’25) How the Localization Agenda is Contributing to Fraud in Local Nonprofits in Malawi at the 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at JMU.

Isabwe Rusagara, Maurice, Ghilain Kajyibwami, Christian Bahire (MPA ’26) and Emery Rwandanga (MPA ’25) Transparency and Trust: Evaluating Rwanda's Anti-Corruption Journey, at the 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at JMU.

Mohammed, Ahmed (MPA ’26) Understanding the challenging conditions in which anti-corruption initiatives are implemented in Ghana, at the 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at JMU.

Dixon, Kayla (MPA ’25) with Dr. Abe Goldberg and Dr. Dena Pastor. Does College Student Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Free Speech Affect Civic Engagement at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting on January 11, 2025 in San Juan, PR.

Tawana, Zahra, Ending Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan: The Fight for Freedom at the National Young Feminist Leadership Conference.

AWARDS:

Lacey Higgins received the William Hall Award for Contributions to the Learning Community. This award is presented to the Counseling Programs student who has made outstanding contributions to the professional growth of other students and has significantly advanced the study of counseling. 

Shanika Dove received the Helen Moore Award for the Pursuit of Counseling Excellence. The Helen Moore Award is presented to the Counseling Programs student who has been exemplary in pursuing counseling excellence. 

Marissa Hart received the Carl Swanson Award for Service to the Counseling Profession. The Carl Swanson Award is presented to the Counseling Programs student who has made significant contributions to the program and the profession. 

PUBLICATIONS:

Riden, B. S., Markelz, A. M., Brown, T. S., Germansky, S., Raso, A. J., & Morris, E. R. (2025). Increasing the active supervision of inclusive early childhood education pre-service teachers using goal setting and step counters. Behavior Modification, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455251325332 

Pulos, J. M., Riden, B. S., Peltier, C., Bender-Salazar, N. L., Mbabazi, C. M., & Pinello, C.  (2024) Are general and special education teachers using research-informed and evidence-based practices? One school district’s use of classroom and behavior management practices. Education and Treatment of Children, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-024-00141-0     

PRESENTATIONS:

Mackenzie Hammack, presented "Remembering Tutors Are Students Too: Advocating for the Recognition of Student Tutors" at the Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association Conference. In April, she will present "A Community Building Remix: Zine Workshop in a University Learning Center" at the national Conference on College Composition and Communication. 

Benjamin Lundy, presented a workshop entitled "Training and Working with Generation Z" at the inaugural Administrative Professionals Conference, hosted by JMU Talent Development.