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College of Applied Arts Newsletter A Member of The Texas State University System
Criminal Justice Faculty Recognized as Most Influential Forensic Psychologists The 30 Most Influential Forensic Psychologists Working Today By Brenda Rufener
A forensic psychologist is an expert in the overlapping fields of psychology and the justice system. Working with the criminal justice system and often testifying in criminal trials as an expert witness, are among the duties of a forensic psychologist. Due to their level of expertise, forensic psychologists are called to assess future risk of the accused, provide treatment recommendations to the court, and evaluate witness credibility. They work closely with the court and provide competency and sanity evaluations for the judge. The client base of the forensic psychologist is largely criminal, exposing them to a dark and abnormal population. The methodology for selecting the 30 most influential forensic psychologists working today includes notoriety within the field of study, extent of publication in academic journals and books, and the provision offered to the forensic psychological community. Prestigious honors, teaching distinction, and global popularity also impacts the selection process.
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Faculty and Graduate Student Accomplishments and Accolades USDA Awards Texas State $1 million SAFE Agriculture Education Grant Graduate students are marked with an asterisk: *Tarar, G., C. *Etheredge, A. McFarland, A. Snelgrove, T.M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek, 2015. The effect of urban tree canopy cover and vegetation levels on incidence of stressrelated illnesses in humans in metropolitan statistical areas of Texas, HortTechnology, 25(1). *Glover, B., T.M. Waliczek and J.M. Gandonou. 2014. The willingness to pay for a native Central Texan plant as a food source, HortTechnology, 25(5). Starling, L.A., T.M. Waliczek, R. Haller, B. Brown, R. Malone, S. Mitrione. 2014. Job task analysis for the horticultural therapy profession. HortTechnology, 24(6)645-654. *Etheredge, C., T.M. Waliczek and J.M. Zajicek. 2014. The impact of plants and windows on building space usage and perceived stress of university students. J. Therapeutic Research. *Meier, E., T.M. Waliczek and M. Abbott. 2014. Composting as a Means of Managing Invasive Plants in the Rio Grande River. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 7.
*McFarland, A., T.M. Waliczek, and J.M. Zajicek. 2014. The relationship between parental attitudes toward nature and the amount of time children spend in outdoor play. J. Leisure Research, 45(5):525-539.
Presentations are listed below: Waliczek, T.M. Invited workshop speaker. -- 2014. Qualitative data used to reinforce quantitative data. HortScience, July, Orlando, FL. *Montoya, J. and T.M. Waliczek. 2014. Determining appropriate drying methods and marketability of native Central Texas cut dried floral materials. HortScience, July, Orlando, FL. *Oxley, F., P. Williamson and T.M. Waliczek. 2014. Invasive species management in the San Marcos River: Does public opinion matter? 61st Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, April, Stillwater, OK. Waliczek, T.M. 2014. Keynote speaker – Sustaining the Human Spirit: The effect of interior and outdoor greening on urban inhabitants. Interior Plantscape Symposium (Planet Professional Landcare Network and AmericanHort). April, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. Waliczek, T.M. 2014. Invited speaker -- Altering the interior environment: Studies of green spaces. Interiors Plantscape Symposium (Planet Professional Landcare Network and AmericanHort). April, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. *Glover, B., J.M. Gandonou, T.M. Waliczek and K.D. Mix. 2014. An estimation of the willingness to pay for native central Texan fruit using an ordered logit model. Southwestern Social Science Association. April, San Antonio, TX.
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Faculty Accomplishments and Accolades
The School of Criminal Justice at Texas State University has just been awarded a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) grant in the amount of $390,000. The funded proposal, Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures, was submitted in response to NIJ’s solicitation for research on “Sentinel Events” and Criminal Justice System Errors. Dr. Kim Rossmo will be the principal investigator and project director, Dr. Joy Pollock the co-principal investigator, and Shannon Cunningham the doctoral research assistant. The project will study the causes of wrongful convictions and criminal investigative failures. These are sentinel events that signal underlying structural problems and systemic weaknesses. Causal factors will be identified as primary or secondary and classified as personnel, organizational, or situational problems. Concept maps will be built so relationships and interactions can be graphically displayed and analyzed in causal factor networks. The research will serve as the basis for suggesting improvements in criminal justice policies and organizational procedures.
Walmart, ALERRT Partner to Offer Active Shooter Awareness Program By Diana Hendricks University News Service September 22, 2014 Walmart has partnered with the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training™ (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University (Texas State) to make the Avoid Deny Defend™ (ADD) active shooter awareness program available for associates. This is an unprecedented corporate effort to support Walmart’s associates and their communities. Walmart’s adoption of the Avoid Deny Defend™ active shooter awareness program begins with an educational video which is being made available to more than one million Walmart U.S. associates. The video outlines the ALERRT Avoid Deny Defend strategy, a three-phase plan of action to assist civilians if ever faced with an active shooter situation. A website, AvoidDenyDefend.org, and a free mobile app by the same name are also available for those who want more in-depth knowledge of the vital program. Click here to read the rest of the story.
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Faculty Accomplishments and Accolades Works published Johnson, S.D. & Summers, L. (2014). Testing ecological theories of offender spatial decision making using a discrete choice model. Crime and Delinquency. OnlineFirst. Works in press Miró Llinares, F., Medina Sarmiento, J. E., Agustina Sanllehí, J. R., & Summers, L. (Eds.) (forthcoming 2015). Crimen, sociedad, vida. Madrid: Dykinson. Rossmo, D. K. & Summers, L. (forthcoming January 2015). Routine activity theory in crime investigation. In M. A. Andresen and G. Farrell (Eds.), The criminal act: Essays in honor of Marcus Felson. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Summers, L. & Johnson, S.D. (forthcoming March 2015). Using space syntax to inform crime prevention. In G. Bichler and A. Malm (Eds.), Using Network Analysis to Prevent Crime. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. Summers, L. & Rossmo, D. K. (forthcoming 2015). Aplicaciones prácticas de la teoría de las actividades rutinarias a la investigación criminal. In F. Miró Llinares, J. E. Medina Sarmiento, J. R. Agustina Sanllehí and L. Summers (Eds.), Crimen, sociedad, vida. Madrid: Dykinson. Conference presentations Rossmo, D. K. & Summers, L. (2014, June). Growth of criminal hunting areas. Paper presented at the 23rd Symposium on Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis, Kerkrade, The Netherlands. Summers, L. & Johnson, S. D. (2014, November). Predicting violent offenders’ spatial behavior: Does public transport accessibility improve model performance? Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. Invited talks Oct 2014: Presenter and panelist at event organized by Alkek library titled "Trends in scholarship and research: Making an impact with your research" Dec 2014: Provided webinar for Spain-based research network Criminologia Ambiental en Español (Environmental Criminology in Spanish) titled "Estado actual de la criminologia ambiental: Una perspectiva internacional" ("Current trends in environmental criminology: An international perspective") Awards 2014 College (of Applied Arts) Achievement Award for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities (Assistant Professor/Instructor/Lecturer category)
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Faculty & Graduate Student Accomplishments and Accolades
Tiffany T. Cox Hernandez, Doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice was awarded the Doctoral Research Support Fellowship award for the Spring 2015 term from the Graduate College. Tiffany T. Cox Hernandez, Doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice accomplished a paper presentation at the annual American Society of Criminology conference in San Francisco, November 2014: "The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting and Changes in Mental Health Legislation: A Review of the Evidence." Presented with Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut of State University of New York at Oswego. Martaindale, Hunter, graduate student and Sanders, Beth A. “Police Officer Evaluations: Problems, Implementation, and Benefits.” Poster presentation at ASC (American Society of Criminology) annual meeting. November 2014, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Donna Vandiver and Victoria A. Terranova, doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice published an article in Violence and Gender. The article titled "Does Gender Change Things? Analysis of the Difference Between Male and Female Violent Crime for Solo and Co-offenders," describes the differences in amongst violent cooffending pairs according to gender. Full citation: Terranova, V. & Vandiver, D. (2014). Does gender change things? Analysis of the difference between male and female violent crime for solo and co-offenders. Violence and Gender. 1(3): 124-130
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Biediger-Friedman, L, Sosa, ET, Shields, K, Shutt, A. 2014. A voluntary approach to improve menu options in restaurants through a local collabora-tive partnership. Texas Public Health Journal. 66:1; 6-9. Sosa ET, Biediger-Friedman L, Shields K, Spitsen E, Pape C. The institutional food environment and patron choices: Findings from the ¡Por Vida! study. Journal of Health Behavior and Policy Review. In press.
Nutrition and Foods Students and Faculty Partner with the National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) Texas State University, Nutrition and Foods students and faculty have engaged in a partnership with the National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) to address access to healthy food and safe physical exercise in Eastern Hays County. Through a Promotora/ Community Health Worker model, community members have been empowered to address built environment and systems issues within their community to improve access. The Texas State Dietetic Interns and Dr. Lesli BiedigerFriedman have assisted the community to collect corner store food assessments and interview customers of the corner stores to assess purchasing behavior, access to healthy food, and goals for the community.
Center for Children and Families Hosts Networking Event Posted by Jayme Blaschke University News Service October 13, 2014 The Center for Children and Families at Texas State University hosted the research and networking event, "Children and Families Across the Lifespan" Oct. 15. The event was held in the LBJ Student Center ballroom.
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The School of Social Work was pleased to announce that Dr. Amy Russell and Dr. Dorinda Noble, along with Dr. Mary Jo Biggs and Mr. Steve Medel received notification that HRSA has awarded them almost $1.5 million for their grant regarding Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals. This is a wonderful opportunity for the entire School of Social Work. Dr. Christine L. Norton, FACES Faculty Advisor received news that TG philanthropy has selected the FACES initiative at Texas State to be the focus of a philanthropy case study they are conducting. They recognized the Schools grant reports and overall progress so much that they have decided to highlight this work so that other grantees might learn from what we did! Very exciting! Dr. Christine L. Norton, associate professor in the School of Social Work at Texas State University, has been named recipient of the 2014 Servant Leader Award by the Association for Experiential Education (AEE). The award recognizes individuals for their active, excellent servant leadership to the AEE and its members. Norton was honored for her volunteer leadership as the chair of the Therapeutic Adventure Professional Group. The AEE is a nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to experiential education and the students, educators and practitioners who utilize its philosophy. A wide variety of members make up the association, including ropes course operators; school, college and university staff and faculty; therapists and social workers; outdoor education practitioners; organizational development specialists; researchers; experience-based professionals working in nonprofit, private and academic settings; and those in other areas of experiential education. Dr. Christine L. Norton, was also selected as a runner-up for Texas State University’s Award for Excellence in Online Teaching. Her submitted course was impressively designed to successfully engage students in the learning process. It is the hope of the University that sharing her course with the university community will positively impact the design standards for all Texas State online courses by providing an exemplary model for online course design and teaching. As Texas State continues to explore the use of technology in teaching and learning, Dr. Norton’s work demonstrates the expertise with which our faculty can transform the traditional classroom in new and exciting ways. Thank you, Dr. Norton for your contribution to the university and its community of learners and congratulations.
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Dr. Norton also had the following publications and presentations accepted this fall: Norton, C.L, Travis, R., Hawkins, C., Ausbrooks, A., & Tijerina, M. (In press). Beyond course content: How a university-level multicultural initiative impacted social work education. Accepted by the Journal of Multiculturalism in Education on 9/9/14. Blake, J., & Norton, C.L. (2014). Examining the relationship between hope and attachment: A meta-analysis. Psychology, 5, 556-565. doi: 10.4236/psych.2014.56065 Gass, M., Gillis, H.L., Tucker, A., Norton, C.L. (2014, October). Outdoor Behavioral Healthcar Research Panel Presentation. Association for Experiential Education's International Conference, Denver, Colorado. Norton, C.L., Tucker, A., Pelletier, A. (2014, October). Trauma-informed adventure therapy with children and families affected by abuse. Paper presented at the Symposium on Experiential Education Research at the Association for Experiential Education's International Conference, Denver, Colorado. Beale, B., Norton, C.L., Borroel, F., Magle-Haberek, N., Tucker, A. (2014, October). Trauma and mindfulness in adventure therapy. Professional Development Intensive presented at the Association for Experiential Education's International Conference, Denver, Colorado. Tucker, A., & Norton, C.L. (2015, January). The impact of wilderness therapy on attachment, separation and mental health functioning in young adults. A paper presented at the 2015 Society for Social Work Research Conference, New Orleans, LA. Finally, Dr. Norton was awarded a $5000 Equity and Access Grant to support the Foster Care Recruitment Project, a project that is a part of FACES (Foster Care Alumni Creating Educational Success) designed to host more foster care youth on campus visits and promote the path of higher education.
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Theresa Moran, MSW Student, has been awarded a $4,000 NASW Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial MSW Scholarship for Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Foundation in Washington DC. It's $2,000 per semester for $4,000 total. She will be featured in an upcoming issue of NASW News and will appear on the NASW Foundations website. The Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial Scholarships are awarded to master's degree candidates in social work who have demonstrated a commitment to working with, or who have a special affinity with, American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic/Latino populations. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to working with public or voluntary nonprofit agencies or with local grassroots groups in the United States are also eligible. The Gosnell Scholarship was established through a bequest of Consuelo Gosnell, a social work practitioner who was born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and died in Texas in 1987. Gosnell was a champion of civil and human rights and worked diligently to ameliorate conditions for critically under served American Indians and Latinos in the Southwest. Gosnell practiced for many years in federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Congratulations to the School of Social Work 2014 Student Award Recipients Outstanding BSW Ashley Allcorn Outstanding BSW Leadership Award Hope Moore Outstanding MSW (Foundation) Morgan Grace Outstanding MSW (Direct Practice) Michele Quintin & Dean Shaffer Outstanding MSW (AL On-campus) Lacey Morris Outstanding MSW (AL On-line) Kate Mays Outstanding SSW Service Kimberley Ogden (BSW) Outstanding SSW Research Annette Pelletier (MSW DP) & Chris Roesel (MSW DP)
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Graduate Studies News & Events
The Office of the Dean of the College of Applied Arts will host the
Hooding Ceremony For the Class of May 2015 The Master’s Hooding Ceremony honors Scholarly Achievement & Graduate Research Evans Auditorium Thursday, May 14th 2015, 6 pm
RSVP by April 28th to 512-245-3538 For special accommodations, please contact the Office of Disability Services at 512-245-3451, At least 72 hours prior to the event.
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Paperless Application for the CAA Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF)
In an effort to support University goals and sustainability efforts we are implementing a paperless application process for the CAA Graduate Research Fellowship.
Board of Regents A nine member Board of Regents appointed by the Governor governs the Texas State University System. In addition, a nonvoting student regent is appointed annually to the Board. Donna N. Williams Chairman Arlington
The purpose of the Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program is to allow students the opportunity to learn more about conducting research by assisting faculty with various research projects (i.e., book, research article, grant proposal). The student will work with a professor for approximately 20 hours a week for $6,250 a semester. The positions are awarded for a 9month duration (September 1 through May 31).
Ron Mitchell Vice Chair Horseshoe Bay Charlie Amato Regent San Antonio Dr. Jaime R. Garza Regent San Antonio Kevin J. Lilly Regent Houston
APPLICATION PROCESS: Students will apply by filling out the online application. All attachments will now be submitted PDF format in a compressed zip file. Information about the GRF.
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David Montagne Regent Beaumont
COMPRESSED ZIP FILE MUST INCLUDE: A one-page (single-spaced) personal statement of career goals and future plans, including why the student should be awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship. Two (2) letters of recommendation. At least one letter must be from a professor in an academic institution. Recommendation letters should be addressed to the GRF Selection Committee. A current, professional one-page resume.
Vernon Reaser III Regent Bellaire Rossanna Salazar Regent Austin William F. Scott Regent Nederland Matthew Russell Regent San Marcos
PLEASE NOTE: Submissions of transcripts are no longer necessary. They can be viewed in the Banner Document Management System (BDMS).
Dr. Brian McCall Chancellor
Newsletter Editor Yolanda Quintanilla Graduate Recruiter College of Applied Arts yq10@txstate.edu 512-245-3538
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