Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2023
Using hands-on experiences including various forms of arts to increase ninth-grade female students’ interest in stem, Hui Fang Huang Su, Jia Borror, and Teri Williams
Submissions from 2022
Leadership development in initial teacher training, María M. Martínez-Mena, Erika Rivera-Gutierrez, and Alejandro Higuera-Zimbron
Using the community of inquiry framework to analyze emojis as an emerging language in an online educational experience via WhatsApp, Jennifer L. Reeves, Glenda A. Gunter, Junia Braga, and Marcos Racilan
And finally... Systems and instructional design, Michael Simonson
Submissions from 2021
Academic advising and international collaboration agreements, Georgina Argüello
The crises facing today’s colleges and universities, Robert W. Hill Ed.D.
And finally... A new era..., Michael Simonson
And finally... Crisis planning, Michael Simonson
And finally … It’ll never happen …, Michael Simonson
And finally … The night is dark …, Michael Simonson
Submissions from 2020
And finally a baker’s dozen ideas for creating an online course, Michael Simonson
And finally... Blending in all the news that’s fit to print, Michael Simonson
And finally … What’s in a name?, Michael Simonson
Submissions from 2019
Working with community-based organizations to enhance evaluation capabilities, Dana Scott Mills, J. F. Stevenson, M. Andrade, and P. Florin
Research in distance education: Trends in the Quarterly Review of Distance Education from 2002 to 2017, Anymir Orellana and Vanaja Nethi
Academic and self-concept effects of an adventure education program on inner-city youth, James Pann and A. Wenger
And finally... Course quality or instructional quality, Michael Simonson
And finally … Open access, Michael Simonson
And finally … Telepresence—new or ?, Michael Simonson
Why cops die: G. Garner, Grace A, Telesco
Submissions from 2018
Residential Proximity to Electronic Dance Music Nightclubs and Associations with Substance Use, Sexual Behaviors, and Related Problems, Mance E. Buttram, Maria E. Pagano, and Steven P. Kurtz
Predictive power of sixth-grade achievement on secondary chemistry academic outcomes, Nathan Charnock and Steven A. Hecht
FEEDBACK optional extended year program, Austin Independent School District, Mel Coleman
High school final examination waiver renewal study, Austin Independent School District, Mel Coleman
Title I middle schools evaluation, Austin Independent School District, Mel Coleman
Bilingual esl programs - final report, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
FEEDBACK Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
High school final examination waiver renewal study Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
SUPER I pilot program year-end report, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Title VII biennial evaluation report, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Changing of indwelling urinary catheters in female ICU patients to decrease catheter- associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), D. H. Harrington, C. M. Dean, J. S. Stokes, T. J. Hargrave, and William Alex Edmonds
Guns on college campuses – Not a good idea!, Robert W. Hill
Thirty years after Allan Bloom’s classic the closing of the American mind: The liberal arts and what does it mean to be college educated today, Robert W. Hill
Teaching qualitative research online: Using technology to leverage student engagement, Elda C. Kanzki-Veloso, Anymir Orellana, and Jennifer Lyn Reeves
Teaching qualitative research online: Using technology to leverage student engagement, Elda C. Kanzki-Veloso, Anymir Orellana, and Jennifer Lyn Reeves
Chronic juvenile offenders: Exploring risk factor models of recidivism, Tom D. Kennedy, William Alex Edmonds, Danielle H. Millen, and David B. Detullio
Transnational education: Teaching and learning across borders. An introduction, Sylvia Kesper-Biermann, Maggi W.H. Leung, Vanaja Nethi, and Thusinta Somalingam
Serious Mental Illness Among Young Adult Women who use Drugs in the Club Scene: Co-occurring Biopsychosocial Factors, Maayan Lawental, Hilary L. Surratt, Mance E. Buttram, and Steven P. Kurtz
Experiential education and instructional technology: Adapting face-to-face courses to online spaces, Tatjana Martinez
Digital footprints: Creation, implication, and higher education, Maureen McDermott Ed.D.
Social emotional health with self-awareness predicts first-year college student, Sarah Ransdell, Jia Borror, and Leanne Boucher
Developing and implementing an online course framework, Jennifer Lyn Reeves, Judith Karp, Gabriela Mendez, Elda C. Kanzki-Veloso, Maureen McDermott, Jia Borror, and Berta Hayes Capo
Developing and implementing an online course framework: From theory to practice, Jennifer Lyn Reeves, Judith Karp, Gabriela Mendez, Elda C. Kanzki-Veloso, Maureen McDermott, Jia Borror, and Berta Hayes Capo
Academically supporting stem students from a distance through videoconferencing: Lessons learned, Donna Rennar-Potacco and Anymir Orellana
And finally... Doing it wrong—who says?, Michael Simonson
And finally... Engagement, Michael Simonson
And finally … Let’s go deeply digital?, Michael Simonson
And finally … Seven critical elements, Michael Simonson
The ville: Cops and kids in urban America, Grace A, Telesco
Submissions from 2017
A three year study of phonics instruction outcomes on the reading skills of kindergarten students, Julie G. Alemany and Natalie C. Cromwell
A Qualitative Study of African American/Black MSM's Experiences of Participating in a Substance Use and Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Law Enforcement-derived Data on Gabapentin Diversion and Misuse, 2002-2015: Diversion Rates and Qualitative Research Findings, Mance E. Buttram, Steven P. Kurtz, Richard C. Dart, and Zachary R. Margolin
Sexual Risk Behaviours Associated with Unlicensed Driving among Young Adults in Miami’s Electronic Dance Music Nightclub Scene, Mance E. Buttram, Steven P. Kurtz, and Roddia J. Paul
National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements, Application for Approval (NC-SARA), Lisa J. Carbone
Nova Southeastern University, CAEP self study - standard two: Clinical partnerships and practice, Lisa J. Carbone
The shift in leadership styles: Joyful to toxic, M. Adam Carswell, Melissa Sasso, and David B. Ross
ASPIRE: An even start program of communities in schools, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Dos idiomas, un mundo dual language project, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Excel grant evaluation report year I, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Final evaluation report year 3, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Planning a comprehensive approach to safe and drug-free schools and communities, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Title IV evaluation report, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Year-round schools evaluation report, Austin Independent School District, Mel D. Coleman
Online professional development embedded with mobile learning: An examination of teachers' attitudes, engagement and dispositions, Glenda A. Gunter and Jennifer Lyn Reeves
Civility is needed in college classroom—Now more than ever, Robert W. Hill
Faculty buyout packages: An emerging higher ed trend? (part 1), Robert W. Hill
Faculty buyout packages: An emerging higher ed trend? (part 2), Robert W. Hill
Red America, blue America: A country (campus) very much divided, Robert W. Hill
A Randomized Trial of Brief Assessment Interventions for Young Adults who use Drugs in the Club Scene, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, Maria E. Pagano, and Hilary L. Surratt
Benzodiazepine Dependence among Young Adult Participants in the Club Scene Who Use Drugs, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, and Hilary L. Surratt
Examining the Relationship between Social Context and Prescription Opioid Initiation Routes among Young Adults Entering Medical Detoxification, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, Hilary L. Surratt, Catherine L. O'Grady, and Steven P. Kurtz
Building reflective practice through an online simulation in an undergraduate teacher education program, Jamie Manburg, Rashid Moore, David Griffin, and Marvin Seperson
Building reflective practice through an online diversity simulation in a undergraduate teacher education program, Jamie Manburg, R. Moore, David Griffin, and marvin Seperson
Literacy quadrants and teacher narratives: Pedagogical tools to foster reflection and improve dialogue about diverse democracies, Elsie Olan, Kia Jane Richmond, and Maureen McDermott
A mobile app for chronic disease self-management: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Raymond L. Ownby, Amarilis Acevedo, Drenna Waldrop-Valverde, Joshua Caballero, Michael R. Simonson, Rosemary Davenport, Kofi Kondwani, and Robin J. Jacobs
Mobile learning in pre-kindergarten: Using student feedback to inform practice, Jennifer Lyn Reeves, Glenda A. Gunter, and Candace H. Lacey
Motivations for Selling Ecstasy among Young Adults in the Electronic Dance Music Club Culture in Brazil, Lysa S. Remy, Mance E. Buttram, Steven P. Kurtz, Hilary L. Surratt, and Flavio Pechansky
Innovations in academic support: Factors influencing student adoption of synchronous videoconferencing for online support in high-risk stem courses, Donna Rennar-Potacco, Anymir Orellana, and Andres Salazar
Eight fundamental elements of power: Information for policy and leadership courses, David B. Ross
The art of synthesizing: A masterpiece in the making, David B. Ross and Melissa Sasso
A drone named lightning, Michael R. Simonson
And finally ... online courses have three critical components (and learning management systems are not one of them), Michael R. Simonson
And finally … social media and online learning: Pros and cons, Michael R. Simonson
How much distance education is too much distance education?, Michael R. Simonson
Heroin Use Onset Among Prescription Opioid Misusers in the Club Scene, Hilary L. Surratt, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, Maria E. Pagano, and Theodore J. Cicero
Legal guide for police: Constitutional issues, Grace A. Telesco
Race, riots, and the police, Grace A. Telesco
Substance Use Disorders, Violence, Mental Health, and HIV: Differentiating a Syndemic Factor by Gender and Sexuality, Kiyomi Tsuyuki, Eileen V. Pitpitan, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, Lianne A. Urada, Steven P. Kurtz, Jamila K. Stockman, and Hilary L. Surratt
Assessment of Tapentadol API Abuse Liability with the Researched Abuse, Diversion and Addiction-Related Surveillance System, Suzanne K. Vosburg, S Geoffrey Severtson, Richard C. Dart, Theodore J. Cicero, Steven P. Kurtz, Mark W. Parrino, and Jody L. Green
Submissions from 2016
Alternate Routes of Administration among Prescription Opioid Misusers and Associations with Sexual HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Preliminary Evidence of HIV Seroconversion among HIV-Negative Men Who have Sex with Men Taking Non-Prescribed Antiretroviral Medication for HIV Prevention in Miami, Florida, USA, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Rethinking education for a global, transcultural world by Encarnación Soriano, Charlene Désir
Data on the data: A method for improving fidelity of office discipline referral completion, Paul Gavoni, William Alex Edmonds, Tom D. Kennedy, and Tom Gollery
Examination of the predictive factors related to the influence on the fulfillment of formal written office disciplinary reports, P. Gavoni, William Alex Edmonds, and Tom D. Kennedy
Abuse and Diversion of Immediate Release Opioid Analgesics as Compared to Extended Release Formulations in the United States, Janetta Iwanicki, S. G. Severtson, Heather McDaniel, Andrew Rosenblum, Chunki Fong, Theodore J. Cicero, Matthew Ellis, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, and Richard C. Dart
Teaching qualitative research online: Using technology to leverage student engagement, Elda C. Kanzki-Veloso and Jennifer Lyn Reeves
Bullying in elementary schools, Meline M. Kevorkian, Albert Rodriguez, Matthew P. Earnhardt, Tom D. Kennedy, Robin D'Antona, Ashley Russom, and Jia Borror
Misunderstanding of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use among MSM: Public Health and Policy Implications, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram