Research & Development Presentations

Spring 2008

The Counseling Center announces the following presentations for its Research and Development Meetings during the Fall semester.

All interested faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited.

Time: 12:00-1:00 pm, Wednesdays
Place: Room 0114, Testing Room, Counseling Center, Shoemaker Building

Meetings are scheduled for one hour over bag lunch. Presenting speakers are asked to allow time for discussion.

Vivian S. Boyd, Ph.D.
Director, Counseling Center
Associate Professor, Education

Programs

February 6

Topic: "The Impact of Advancing Technology on Campus Culture"
Speaker: Jonathan Kandell, Assistant Director, University of Maryland Counseling Center

February 13

Topic: "A Good Black Manhood is Hard to Find: Toward a Transgressive Politics"
Speaker: Jeffrey McCune, Assistant Professor, Departments of American Studies & Women's Studies, University of Maryland, College Park

February 20

Topic: "Fostering Secure Attachment in Infants of Women in a Jail-Diversion Program: The Circle of Security Model"
Speaker: Jude Cassidy, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park

February 27

Topic: "A Model Minority in Distress: Threats to Korean American Identity and Well-Being"
Speaker: Sara Cho Kim, Doctoral Intern, University of Maryland Counseling Center

March 5

Topic: "Exploring Diversity Stress in Higher Education: Using Factor Analysis to Understand First Year Students' Perceptions of Stressors"
Speaker: Kevin London, Graduate Assistant, Testing, Research & Data Processing Unit, University of Maryland Counseling Center

March 12

Topic: "The Yin and Yang of Academic Emotions in Undergraduate Mathematics"
Speaker: Janet Thiel, Math Skills Specialist, University of Maryland Counseling Center

March 26

Topic: "Ethnic Identity: Links to Career Development and Multicultural Attitudes"
Speaker: Ryan Duffy, Beth Klingaman, and Cristina Risco, Graduate Assistants, Testing, Research & Data Processing Unit, University of Maryland Counseling Center

April 9

Topic: "Instructional Programming for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders"
Speaker: Andy Egel, Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Maryland, College Park

April 16

Topic: "Attachment Security, Mindfulness, and Psychotherapy: Testing a Mediational Model"
Speaker: Emilie Ma, Doctoral Intern, University of Maryland Counseling Center

April 23

Topic: "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa"
Speaker: Margit Berman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, University of Maryland, College Park

April 30

Topic: "Student Perceptions of the University of Maryland Counseling Center Services"
Speaker: Sara Cho Kim, Emilie Ma, Kelly Huffman, and Nazish Salahuddin, Doctoral Interns, University of Maryland Counseling Center

May 7

Topic: "EEEO Program"
Speaker: University of Maryland Counseling Center EEEO Committee