Wine, Cheese and ScholarshipA Celebration of Faculty Research & Creativity

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Wine, Cheese and Scholarship is an exhibit of research proposals, research projects in process, findings, creative

works, interdisciplinary projects, scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and other scholarly endeavors ofShenandoah faculty and their graduate students.

Sponsored by

The SU Faculty Research and Scholarship Committee

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Table of Contents (Abstracts are listed alphabetically)

Aerobic Capacity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Young Adults 1--------------------------Sheara T. Williamson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science

Assessing Physician Assistant (PA) Students’ Graduate Competencies within Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs) using iPads, Examplify, and ExamSoft Rubrics. 1----

Erika R. Francis, MSPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant StudiesCamilla E. Hollen, MMS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant StudiesRichard Pierce, EdD Associate Professor, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology

Assessing Self-Efficacy in an Introductory Music Theory Course 1-------------------------------Rachel Short, PhD, Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Assessing Student Mastery of Information Literacy Terminology from Freshmen to Doctoral Students 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Andy Kulp, MLIS, Information Literacy & Undergraduate Programs LibrarianRosemary Green, PhD, MSLS, Graduate Programs Librarian; Adjunct Professor, Conservatory Academics

¿De tal palo, tal astilla? Chicano Masculinities and the Legacy of the Patriarchal Dividend 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bryan Pearce-Gonzales, PhD, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies

Evaluating Whole School Improvement Efforts 3--------------------------------------------------------Jill L. Lindsey, PhD, Director, School of Education & Human Development

Exploration of Pharmacist Roles in Emergency Response 3----------------------------------------Jeremy Fox, DPharm, Associate Professor, Pharmacy

Have Bassoon, Will Travel 4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ryan Romine, DMA, Associate Professor, Bassoon and Music Theory

In Review: One Survey of Bariatric Surgical Patient Experiences 4-------------------------------Jessica Peacock, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science

International Service Learning Through the Lens of Three International Universities 4----Karen Kennedy Schultz, PhD, Director, Center for Public Service and Scholarship

Leveraging Virtual Reality Technology: Implications for teaching and student development 5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jessica Kutz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science

Looking for Clinical Information Quickly: There's an App for That! 5-----------------------------Patti Krauskopf, PhD, Professor of Nursing

Monstrously Barren: The Horror of the Childless Mother in Peruvian Thriller El vientre 6Andrea Meador Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies

Nonresponse Bias in the Chicago Record Poll of 1896 6----------------------------------------------Clifford F. Thies, PhD, Eldon R. Lindsey Professor of Economics and Finance

Project In Progress: The Impact of an 8-Month Multidimensional Program to Assess Quality of Social Interaction, Nutritional Knowledge and Behaviors, and General Fitness in Older Individuals 6----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scott King, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Department ChairAudra Gollenberg, PhD, Associate Professor of Public HealthBarry Parker, PhD, Department Chair, Assistant Professor Exercise Science

Sabbatical Report: Contemporary Music Programs in Higher Education and an Exploration of the Jazz Piano Trio 7--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Robert Larson, DMA, Harrison Endowed Chair in Piano; Associate Professor, Jazz Piano

Sabbatical: Research and Revelation 7----------------------------------------------------------------------Carolyn Coulson, PhD, Assistant Dean for Student Learning; Associate Professor, Theatre

Students’ Perceptions of Telepresence: A cross sectional view in health professions 8--Morgan Nowak, MS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant Stephanie Bernard, MMSc, PA-C, RD, Assistant Professor, Assistant Director Northern Virginia Campus, Division of Physician Assistant Erika R. Francis, MSPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician AssistantRichard Pierce, Ed.D., Apple Distinguished Educator, Director for Academic Computer Technologies, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology

The Changing Roles of Student Workers in Libraries 8------------------------------------------------Dr. Denise A. Blake, Health Sciences Librarian

The Effect of Body Awareness Training on Singers’ Vocal Function and Performance 9--Ting-Yu Chen, MFA Associate Dean for Student Affairs; Professor, Dance

The Evolution of Display Signals in Anolis bimaculatus and Anolis wattsi Lizards 9-------Kimberly Orrell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology

The Fan Convention as Intentional Community 10------------------------------------------------------John R. Goss, III, PhD, Professor of Research, Education & Human Development, Leadership Studies

There’s A Woman in There If You’d Take the Time to Look!: Seven of Nine's Problematic Feminism 10----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sarah Canfield, PhD, Assistant Professor of English

Transformation from Study to Research 11----------------------------------------------------------------Ashley Petrolino, MPH, RRT, Assistant Professor Respiratory Care, NVC Site Coordinator

Voices of The Working Poor with Mental Health Conditions 11-------------------------------------Sohayla Raja, MLA, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Assistant Professor of Nursing

Presentation Number 20. Aerobic Capacity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Young AdultsSheara T. Williamson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science Background and Purpose: Aerobic exercise capacity and physical activity status are strong, well-established predictors of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality worldwide. Aerobic exercise capacity provides a wealth of clinically relevant diagnostic and prognostic information. When an individual finishes a bout of exercise, the heart rate, which was elevated during exercise, will remain elevated for a period of time before returning to the pre-exercise rate. Heart rate recovery (HRR) has been proposed to be a surrogate measure of cardiorespiratory fitness. The heart rate decline that is observed after the cessation of exercise can be attributed to parasympathetic reactivation. A diminished parasympathetic reactivation (slower heart rate decline) is observed in middle aged and older adults who have symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD, also known as CHD) or have been diagnosed with CAD. Chronic low-grade inflammation is implicated in the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases. The incidence of cardiovascular diseases may be reduced if those who are at high risk are identified before the disease manifests. Study Design and Participants: This is a cross-sectional study, examining the aerobic capacity and inflammatory status of apparently healthy young adults. Twenty (20) healthy college-aged men and women will be recruited from the main campus of Shenandoah University. Each subject will provide a urine sample for analysis, have body composition analyzed and complete a graded exercise test. Primary hypothesis: Individuals with low aerobic capacity will have higher concentrations of urinary inflammatory markers.Secondary hypothesis: Modifiable CVD risk factors will be associated with inflammatory status.

Presentation Number 04.Assessing Physician Assistant (PA) Students’ Graduate Competencies within Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs) using iPads, Examplify, and ExamSoft Rubrics.Erika R. Francis, MSPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant Studies Camilla E. Hollen, MMS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant Studies Richard Pierce, EdD Associate Professor, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs) are a formative assessment of physician assistant (PA) students’ graduate competencies throughout the program curriculum. These exams require standardized patients, significant planning and logistics work, manual data entry, and paper records.This presentation includes an overview of how the PA department integrated a variety of technologies to improve students’ assessment processes in a multi campus setting. Highlights of this case study include allowing students to test via the Examplify app on their iPad Pros, implementing rubrics seamlessly within ExamSoft, creating graduate competency based categories for enhanced feedback to students, and faculty experience improvements.

Presentation Number 13. Assessing Self-Efficacy in an Introductory Music Theory CourseRachel Short, PhD, Assistant Professor of Music Theory Perceived self-efficacy is defined as people’s beliefs about their capabilities to produce designated levels of performance that exercise influence over events that affect their lives (Bandura 1994). Self-

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efficacy beliefs determine how people think, feel, motivate themselves, and behave. Academic self-efficacy is highly correlated with academic success. The purpose of this study was to establish the impact of an introductory music theory course on students’ music theory self-efficacy. Course objectives include bringing students’ proficiency to an essential level of musical and analytical fluency before they progress within the multi-course sequence. A voluntary survey, constructed to capture student perceptions of their mastery of course materials, was administered at the beginning and conclusion of the fall 2017 semester. The questions explored four music theory domains: Aural Identification, Sound to Paper, Paper to Sound, and Written Analysis. Respondents were asked to self-assess on course objectives by domain using the following Likert scale (rating system): 1 = I know nothing about this skill; 2 = I have heard of this skill, but have not tried to do it myself; 3 = I can perform this skill, but I need some help; 4 = I can perform this skill on my own; 5 = I can teach this skill to others. Significant increases in student music theory self-efficacy was found in 76% (16/22) of respondents. Future study may consider what factors influence students incoming music theory self-efficacy, and what types of pedagogy and instructional activities are most productive in positively impacting students’ music theory self-efficacy in the course. Bandura, A. (1994). Self‐efficacy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Presentation Number 02. Assessing Student Mastery of Information Literacy Terminology from Freshmen to Doctoral StudentsAndy Kulp, MLIS, Information Literacy & Undergraduate Programs Librarian Rosemary Green, PhD, MSLS, Graduate Programs Librarian; Adjunct Professor, Conservatory

Academics Librarians assume that, through academic instruction, learners will be able to interpret, define, and apply terminology that ultimately links to threshold concepts necessary for becoming information literate. The terminology of information literacy represents fundamental concepts that underpin threshold concepts of information literacy and library research. We replicated and extended a quantitative study by Schaub et al. (2017), aimed at assessing students’ understanding of information and research terminology. Our study compares student understanding, from freshmen to doctoral students, with and without library instruction. Correlations between a student’s accuracy for each survey item and his or her education level and exposure to library instruction may indicate which research jargon is not used, not introduced, or misunderstood in classroom settings. Our findings showed that many learners did not comprehend library-centric language.

Individual Presentation at 4:30 p.m. in BSC 118 ¿De tal palo, tal astilla? Chicano Masculinities and the Legacy of the Patriarchal DividendBryan Pearce-Gonzales, PhD, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Dagoberto Gilb is a prolific author of contemporary Chicana/o novels that center upon male characters navigating through worlds defined and controlled by an overbearing patriarchal social order. Sonny, the protagonist in Gilb’s The Flowers, is a precocious yet misguided adolescent who endeavors to construct a masculinity that contradicts the example set by his step-father. This study aims to explore

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the idea of the “patriarchal dividend” (the privileged destiny to which every male subject is heir within a patriarchal social order) and to analyze the ways in which Sonny attempts to reject it as the basis on which to conceive of his own masculinity.

Presentation Number 17. Evaluating Whole School Improvement EffortsJill L. Lindsey, PhD, Director, School of Education & Human Development This study evaluated the impact of specific whole school improvement interventions on student achievement and factors contributing to success or failure.The research team employed a mixed methods approach. A regression discontinuity analysis of school performance data was conducted to discover the impact of whole school improvement initiatives on student achievement. Based on findings from the quantitative analysis, site visits and interviews at sample sites examined factors that contributed to successes or challenges implementing the Ohio Improvement Process. School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds initially resulted in large, positive impacts on annual student achievement in math and reading, as well as improvements in graduation rates. However, these positive impacts did not sustain after the first three years of the interventions when funding ended. Among the schools that saw improvements in student achievement, interventions that required significant short-term disruptions (including turnover in school personnel) often led to immediate negative impacts on students currently attending those schools, followed by modest improvements in student achievement growth and graduation rates for future students. Of the two programs SIG and "Priority School" designation, "Priority School" interventions led to more significant principal and teacher turnover. Factors that contributed to OIP successes for the schools interviewed included principal leadership, additional resources for personnel and professional development, and State Support Team or district coaches. Schools that faced challenges related to OIP implementation cited, high principal turnover, change fatigue, student mobility/attendance, and inability to translate data into actionable interventions. Implications for future efforts include extending funding timelines and principal selection/change leadership training.

Presentation Number 19. Exploration of Pharmacist Roles in Emergency ResponseJeremy Fox, DPharm, Associate Professor, Pharmacy Emergency preparedness is a complicated area of medicine, which has several layers and providers. The role of the pharmacist in some of these areas is often limited or undefined, which was the impetus for exploration during my sabbatical. I approached this exploration in three major arenas of emergency preparation: public health, pre-hospital care, and humanitarian aid. For the public health component of this project, I was able to expand my position as a volunteer in the Lord Fairfax Health District Medical Reserve Corp (MRC) and completed the process to become a volunteer leader (Captain). In addition, I also attempted to partner with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Pharmacy Services Consultant for Emergency Preparedness and a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), however, was unsuccessful.

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For the pre-hospital component, I was able to complete both Wilderness First Responder (WFR) and EMT-Basic certifications prior to starting my sabbatical. I worked as a volunteer EMT-B at the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad to gain experience and evaluate potential ways a pharmacist could assist the providers. An attempt to assist the EMS Counsel with protocol development was also made, however, was not successful.For humanitarian aid, I helped with planning the first GEL trip to Haiti, which occurred in January after my sabbatical. This was not only successful, but highly rewarding; of all of my experiences thus far, this is one I hope to repeat often.

Individual Presentation at 3 p.m. in BSC 118Have Bassoon, Will TravelRyan Romine, DMA, Associate Professor, Bassoon and Music Theory This post-sabbatical presentation outlines the numerous adventures and projects I undertook in Spring 2017 while away from my regular school duties. The presentation will begin with a brief overview of activities (including research, teaching, travel, fundraising, composition, and performing), transition to more focused discussions of a recently rediscovered work for bassoon as well as my fundraising activities on behalf of a talented young bassoonist from Venezuela, and then conclude with a performance of a selection of short solo bassoon works I composed while in residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Presentation Number 15. In Review: One Survey of Bariatric Surgical Patient ExperiencesJessica Peacock, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science This poster will present a cohesive research line into bariatric surgical patients’ experiences with pre- and post-surgical services. Abstracts of five published articles, all generated from a collective survey data set by the author, will be displayed. Survey participants were solicited from the online support website ObesityHelp.com, and asked to complete a survey that assessed pre- and post-op services related to surgery, psychology, nutrition, and exercise via both closed- and open-ended questions. The articles presented will include information on creation of the survey and overall quantitative results regarding services completed by patients and their relationship to weight loss outcomes. In addition, qualitative analyses of patient perceptions of nutrition and exercise services indicating that participants received little post-op assistance in improving exercise behaviors and perceived high psychophysiological difficulty in managing nutrition after surgery will be presented. Finally, the most recent manuscript, published in October 2017 with the assistance of two undergraduate Exercise Science students, will be highlighted in-depth. This article qualitatively examined participant motivations for surgery and established a possible relationship between greater perceived level of affective response regarding motivation for surgery and improved weight loss outcomes.

Presentation Number 18. International Service Learning Through the Lens of Three International UniversitiesKaren Kennedy Schultz, PhD, Director, Center for Public Service and Scholarship Travel to three universities on 3 different continents in order to gain insight as to how Service-Learning is embedded in curriculum led to a rich study of community engagement, Service-Learning practices,

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and student involvement in civic responsibility. This qualitative study allowed dialogue among higher education across continents at U of Sydney, McGill University, and St. Andrews.

Presentation Number 14. Leveraging Virtual Reality Technology: Implications for teaching and student developmentJessica Kutz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science Virtual reality (VR) technology is becoming a popular modality to provide training in the health sciences across many disciplines. It is used to place students in real world situations, without the risk to real patients or wasting of resources. As part of the Faculty Technology Fellowship at SU, I am implementing VR technology into courses in the exercise science department. The purpose of this technology is two-fold: (1) to provide an alternative option for laboratory course make up when students miss class for sports, illness or other personal reasons and (2) to allow for personal and peer assessment of interactions with clients in real world situations. The first example allows us to meet a critical need within the department because there is one lab space for 200 students and 5 faculty to share, thus make up time in the lab is limited during normal business hours. The second example is designed to improve communication skills of our students by using VR to allow the students to function in a private environment but still receive peer assessment as well as conduct their own assessment of their skills. The purpose of this poster is to outline the methodology and implementation of both of these projects.

Presentation Number 23.Looking for Clinical Information Quickly: There's an App for That!Patti Krauskopf, PhD, Professor of Nursing Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to provide nurse practitioners with up-to-date information regarding the use of smartphones in clinical practice. The presentation will provide practical information about how smartphones can be utilized to quickly access information in the clinical setting at the point of care. Content will include but not be limited to security, social media for professionals, medical images and radiology, cultural and language, useful agency apps, resourceful apps, apps for patients, emergency, drug databases with extra features, and recent and upcoming advances in app technology.Literature Review: In 2014 Apple announced the sale of the 500 millionth iPhone, first released in 2007. In the March 7, 2015 issue of The Economist it was reported that 20% of Americans access health apps via a smartphone. Consequently, nurse practitioners must be fluent in application technology in order to meet the needs of patients. Nurse practitioners must be aware of options available to be able to choose the applications that best meet their needs. Summary: This presentation will demonstrate how NPs can utilize smartphones and selected applications to increase efficiency and improve the quality of patient care and patient education.Implications for NPs: The focus of this presentation will be to highlight selected applications that can greatly benefit NPs in practice. This practical approach will be useful to NPs permitting them to improve practice, in addition to saving time by incorporating the smartphone into daily routines. Applications that are particularly beneficial to patients will also be reviewed.

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Individual Presentation at 4 p.m. in BSC 118Monstrously Barren: The Horror of the Childless Mother in Peruvian Thriller El vientreAndrea Meador Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Lauded as the country’s first legitimate psychological thriller, Daniel Rodríguez Risco’s El vientre (2014) was a box-office success in Peru and reached an international audience thanks to its run on HBO Latino and FOX Latin America. The film’s ominous tagline, “What she wants is inside of you,” warns the spectator of the predatory villain, Silvia (Vanessa Saba), a 45-year-old widow who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. In this case, what she wants is to raise a baby since she was never able to carry a pregnancy to term. Silvia cannot bear that she was unable to give birth to her own child; it is this barrenness that unhinges her and, in turn, renders her unbearable to the audience. In this study, I examine El vientre’s baby-crazed protagonist through the lens of film theorist Barbara Creed’s concept of the monstrous feminine, which she defines as “what it is about woman that is shocking, terrifying, horrific, abject.” Is it the excess of maternal desire that makes Silvia monstrous? Is it her status as a childless woman in a society that glorifies the maternal? Is it her aging body that stands in contrast to the vitality and fecundity of Mercedes (Mayella Lloclla), the young maid Silvia hires under the guise of cleaning her stately home? In “Monstrously Barren,” I consider what exactly makes Silvia horrific and the ways in which the cinematography reinforces her monstrosity to the audience.

Presentation Number 21.Nonresponse Bias in the Chicago Record Poll of 1896Clifford F. Thies, PhD, Eldon R. Lindsey Professor of Economics and Finance During the election of 1896, the Chicago Record conducted a multi-state postcard survey that fetched 250,000 responses (a response rate of 30%). Although it correctly predicted that William McKinley would defeat William Jennings Bryan, it was obviously biased in favor of McKinley. This bias was due to response rates from counties that had voted Democrat and Populist (as opposed to Republican) four years prior being much lower. Nowadays, this kind of bias is called “nonresponse bias.” The newspaper itself attempted to correct the bias, but failed. Using contemporary methods (weighting responses to overcome nonresponse bias), reasonable forecasts can be obtained. My study, forthcoming in Presidential Studies Quarterly, describes the development of surveys of voter intention through 1896 and discusses the impact of the lack of good information (as would be generated by representative surveys) on this pivotal election.

Presentation Number 09. Project In Progress: The Impact of an 8-Month Multidimensional Program to Assess Quality of Social Interaction, Nutritional Knowledge and Behaviors, and General Fitness in Older IndividualsScott King, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Department Chair Audra Gollenberg, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health Barry Parker, PhD, Department Chair, Assistant Professor Exercise Science

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The purpose of the current study, funded by a grant from the Council for Independent Colleges (CIC) with support from AARP, is to investigate social interaction, nutritional knowledge, and general fitness in older individuals. It is a longitudinal evaluation of a project involving Psychology, Public Health, and Exercise Science students working with 25-30 older adult attendees (“congregates”) of the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging Winchester Senior Center (WSC), occurring during the 2017-18 school year.Psychology students are focusing on improving congregates’ quality of social interaction. Public Health students are focusing on improving congregates’ nutritional knowledge and behaviors through the use of an evidence-based curriculum designed for older adults, “The Eat Smart, Live Strong: Nutrition Education for Older Adults” developed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA, accessed Jan 2017). Social interaction and nutritional knowledge and behaviors will be assessed via questionnaire. Exercise Science students are focusing on improving congregates’ fitness, balance, and flexibility, based on guidelines set forth by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and tested using the Senior Fitness Test (Rikli & Jones, 2013).

Presentation Number 05.Sabbatical Report: Contemporary Music Programs in Higher Education and an Exploration of the Jazz Piano TrioRobert Larson, DMA, Harrison Endowed Chair in Piano; Associate Professor, Jazz Piano A fall, 2017 sabbatical evolved into two distinct projects: research involving contemporary music programs with a possible way forward for Shenandoah Conservatory, and research into the jazz piano trio setting, resulting in an annotated anthology. A Conservatory Innovation and Entrepreneurial Grant, awarded in spring, 2017, supported the exploration of contemporary music programs in higher education. Conference attendance at the Association of Popular Music Education at the University of Colorado, Denver was followed by visits to nine campuses with commercial music programs, interviews with twenty-nine individuals including administrators, faculty, alumni, colleagues, and professionals, and extensive research into the subject. The resulting grant report included an article that has been submitted for consideration for publication where I compared the adoption and eventual embrace of the jazz idiom in higher education with a similar process currently taking place with popular music.

The jazz piano trio anthology project is ongoing. The jazz ensemble made up of piano, bass, and drums represents the spirit of jazz perhaps more than any other collection of instruments. The “jazz piano trio” functions as the rhythm section in large jazz ensembles as well as smaller jazz groups, but when liberated from the confines of accompanying other players, offers the greatest opportunity for communication and spontaneous, collective composition. The anthology presents significant jazz pianists in more or less chronological order with a focus on their trio recordings. While pianism and individual style is emphasized, the interaction with bassists and drummers is also detailed. Jazz trios involving the piano began almost at the infancy of jazz itself, and continues to be a vibrant ensemble. These two projects, one curricular, one research-based, provided an opportunity for renewed focus for my work at Shenandoah and as a jazz performer.

Presentation Number 07.Sabbatical: Research and RevelationCarolyn Coulson, PhD, Assistant Dean for Student Learning; Associate Professor, Theatre

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While on sabbatical, I attended three international conferences: the Société Internationale pour l’Etude du Théâtre Médiéval in Durham, England, the World Shakespeare Congress in Stratford-upon-Avon and London, and the Music Theatre Educators Alliance in Oslo. Each conference was directly linked to one of my professional areas of interest: medieval theatre, Shakespeare, and musical theatre. I also used my time in the UK to further research my family history, especially my paternal grandmother’s life, as it forms the basis of the play I am writing. The sabbatical was thus professional and deeply personal, as I also had the opportunity to see my 'homeland' and family through my children's eyes. My presentation will attempt to distill these various aspects of my sabbatical through video, photos, and text. I believe the personal impact of the work, the "revelation" is the most interesting aspect, and I hope to be able to communicate that.

Presentation Number 12.Students’ Perceptions of Telepresence: A cross sectional view in health professionsMorgan Nowak, MS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant Stephanie Bernard, MMSc, PA-C, RD, Assistant Professor, Assistant Director Northern Virginia

Campus, Division of Physician Assistant Erika R. Francis, MSPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant Richard Pierce, Ed.D., Apple Distinguished Educator, Director for Academic Computer Technologies,

Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Multi-site campuses pose unique challenges regarding equality in instruction, resources, culture, and continuity. This study was conducted in order to foster continuous improvement in assessing and understanding student experiences on distant campuses in synchronous telepresence courses. The problem considered in this study was the equality of experience between the main campus site and external campus sites that employ video teleconferencing (VTC). An end of year survey was completed by graduate Physician Assistant (PA) and Physical Therapy (PT) students (n=63) to assess impressions regarding the telepresence course experience. Responses were analyzed using t-tests for equality of means with SPSS 24.0.0. Results demonstrated significant differences in student perceptions regarding telepresence technology courses across distant sites but not between disciplines. This study adds to the current literature and understanding of synchronous distance education and video teleconferencing in health professions programs by focusing on the student experience.

Presentation Number 16.The Changing Roles of Student Workers in LibrariesDr. Denise A. Blake, Health Sciences Librarian In libraries technology has replaced card catalogs, print journals, and books. With these changes academic libraries have evolved from caretakers of the print to teachers of how to use various online resources. Most academic libraries have student workers. These workers use to check out materials, and reshelf books and journals. They may still have to do these jobs but to a much lesser degree. So, what are the student workers doing with their time? That was the question that I asked and was what I based my sabbatical on.What I found was student workers were required to view their positions as real jobs. They were required to act professionally with the public and on the phone. They were not allowed to have earbuds, cell phones, or do homework while working.

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Presentation Number 03.The Effect of Body Awareness Training on Singers’ Vocal Function and PerformanceTing-Yu Chen, MFA Associate Dean for Student Affairs; Professor, Dance Although many voice students understood cognitively that they should engage freedom and ease in the body while singing, they lacked physiological sensory-based knowledge/body awareness to embody the cognitive notion to effect change (Malde, Zeller, & Allen, 2013). Will singers have better vocal function and performance after having body awareness training? With the support of the literature review, this researcher constructed a sixty-minute body awareness workshop based on the widely adapted teachings of Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method, Pilates Method, and body mapping as an intervention (IV) aiming to facilitate greater conceptual clarity and deeper sensory experiences of the body-mind coordination through movement to enhance ease and support for singing and moving. It is a basic difference question with one active IV (body awareness workshop). The two sets of hypotheses are intended to address the two DVs: singers’ perceived vocal function and their performance rated by two external evaluators. Ten healthy adult singers participated in this quasi-experimental study. A dependent t-test was used to analyze pretest and posttest data. The participants perceived their vocal function as significantly better and their performance scores rated by external experts were significantly higher after the body awareness training. The study result echoed recent studies and teaching on singing acknowledging the value of body awareness for singers, and hopefully it will encourage singers to include the body awareness practice encompassing conceptual, somatic and conditioning dimensions into their warm-up routine for singing.

Presentation Number 08.The Evolution of Display Signals in Anolis bimaculatus and Anolis wattsi LizardsKimberly Orrell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology My research focuses on the evolution of communication signals in Anolis lizards. The core of the communication system of theses lizards consists of species-specific and stereotyped headbob patterns, sometimes coordinated with dewlap extension and other body movements. The use of headbob displays within different social contexts suggests that they serve several important functions, including: establishing and maintaining territories, competing for mates, and for coordinating reproduction. It is frequently suggested that the species specific headbob displays also serve in species recognition; yet this important function has not been well supported experimentally, and so this is one of the major goals of my research. To this end, my current research focus is to describe and analyze the structure and use of signal behaviors of two sympatric species of anoles from the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts and Antigua: A. bimaculatus and A. wattsi. Thus far, I have videotaped the display behavior of male and female A. bimaculatus under lab conditions, and of male A. wattsi under field conditions. I will present some examples of these displays, and demonstrate how I am analyzing their structure and use. Future research will examine lizard responses to videotaped and digitally altered displays to examine hypotheses regarding the possible species recognition functions of display signals.

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Presentation Number 01.The Fan Convention as Intentional CommunityJohn R. Goss, III, PhD, Professor of Research, Education & Human Development, Leadership Studies “Intentional communities” is a descriptive phrase used by many scholars and researchers to describe groups that are formed around an idea, a project, an enterprise—groups that are not accidental. While every manifestation of this sort of community will differ, the general intention is the same: developing consciously-constructed groups from the ground up, a kind of voluntary, values-based, communal social order. The focus of this study is to examine the organic, socially-normative practices of a particular kind of intentional community: the Con. The conceptual framework for this study is Kanter’s model that demarcates the characteristics of successful intentional communities. Coming to understand the relative commitment, intentionality, and continuity of such communities as it may inform our understanding of other kinds of intentional communities, such as professional learning communities in US public higher education or cohort-based educational models in higher education, both transient in structure but highly dependent on leveraging a common orientation toward a learning enterprise.

Presentation Number 22.There’s A Woman in There If You’d Take the Time to Look!: Seven of Nine's Problematic FeminismSarah Canfield, PhD, Assistant Professor of English Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager’s no-nonsense former Borg, checks off many of the boxes of the strong female character on a television program that embraces feminism. Nevertheless, the framing of Seven’s reintegration into humanity as a recovery of her femininity undercuts a simple reading of the character as a feminist role model. This iteration of the Star Trek franchise embraced gender equality to a greater extent than previous series: Voyager’s crew serves under a female captain (Kathryn Janeway) and female chief engineer (B’Elanna Torres), and gender rarely, if ever, figures overtly in power struggles or other disagreements between crew members. Seven of Nine, in particular, inherits the mantle of rationality and logic from Spock and Data, and holds substantial authority as the pre-eminent objective scientist on board. She is a thoughtful, confident, and valued member of the crew, whose cyborg identity bridges numerous challenges facing the isolated Voyager: alien and Federation, machine and human. However, Seven of Nine’s character arc suggests that the surface feminism of her character is less than skin deep, no more significant than the token cybernetic implant on her face. The problem is far beyond the skintight bodysuit that made Seven of Nine as much a body serving the audience as eye candy as her logical mind empowered her. Rather, she must be resocialized into heteronormative femininity. After being forced to renounce her Borg allegiances, Seven learns to flirt with and date men, becomes a mother or maternal figure more than once, and eventually develops a romantic relationship with Commander Chakotay. This linking of Seven of Nine’s humanity to a reductive role as girlfriend, mother, and wife undermines, but does not completely invalidate, the feminist significance of the character.

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Presentation Number 06. Transformation from Study to ResearchAshley Petrolino, MPH, RRT, Assistant Professor Respiratory Care, NVC Site Coordinator There is increasing pressure on hospitals to reduce readmission rates. To that end, many hospitals and health systems are employing the long-held expertise of respiratory therapists for the purpose of targeting “high risk” patient populations. One such “high risk” population are those patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Smoking is the leading cause of COPD and quitting smoking has been shown to greatly improve lung function and slow the progression of the disease. Both of these quality of life improvements also have the potential to decrease risks of exacerbations that lead to hospitalization in the first place and, thus, re-admission. The purpose of the study, of which the proposal was presented at Wine, Cheese and Scholarship in Spring of 2016, was to determine student’s self-rated confidence level, skill, level, and knowledge in topics related to smoking cessation. These topics included: motivational interviewing and pharmaceutical aids in smoking cessation, and the likelihood of these aids to utilize information obtained from Prescription for Change. Prescription for Change is an evidenced-based training program developed by Purdue University, that the Respiratory Care students received during enrollment in Shenandoah University’s Respiratory Care program. The following poster reveals data obtained from students through survey questions prior to and after receiving the training. The poster also discusses the future direction of the study and potential clinical research ideas.

Presentation Number 10.Voices of The Working Poor with Mental Health ConditionsSohayla Raja, MLA, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Assistant Professor of Nursing Purpose: The study’s goal was to determine the meaning of being a working poor person with mental illness from their own perspective.

Background: Working poor individuals with mental illness comprise a vulnerable group whose disorders have an enormous impact not only on their own lives but also on their families and communities; however, their voices remain underrepresented.

Methodology: A hermeneutic study incorporated participants’ artworks and essays in interviewing a convenience sample of 11 adults between the ages of 18 to 65 with mental illness at a free medical clinic (FMC).

Ethics: Informed consents were obtained after receiving approval from the Shenandoah University Institutional Review Board & the FMC director. Pseudonyms were used and the data was kept in the investigator’s password protected personal computer. Findings: Three overarching patterns of distress, shame, and stigma related to mental illness and poverty emerged. Mental illness produced four subordinate themes of “a depleted sense of self;” “uncompassionate self;” “avoiding the world;” and “dwelling in the past.” Subordinate themes related to poverty were “powerlessness,” “loss of identity” and “feeling stigmatized.”

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Conclusions: An attitudinal change that incorporates listening, validation, and empathy while recognizing the value of each person’s story can help to shift the balance of power in favor of the working poor individuals with mental illness.

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The Faculty Research and Scholarship Committee and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology would like to thank everyone who made this event possible including

BSC staff for room arrangements

OMC for helping to spread the wordACT for providing technology assistance

Copy Center for its outstanding printing services

Sodexo for providing the all-important wine and cheeseVolunteer faculty for insightful abstract comments

All of the researchers for their expertise, creativity, and dedication!

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