Conferences & Workshops (Attend. / Organized):
Implementing Differentiated Instruction in Higher Education, forthcoming, lecture/workshop by Dr. Jennifer Schnakenberg, UHD, May 4, 2012.
Meeting of the Faculty Assembly on the Common Core, attended, UHD, April 27, 2012.
Panel Discussion on 21st Century Skills and the UHD Student: Building Relationships for Student Success, attended, UHD, April 26, 2012.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Prof. Angela Speece Morra Speaks on: "The Innocent Eye: Explorations in Child/Adult Art Making," organizer, UHD,
April 25, 2012 .
3rd Thursday Event: Honor Societies, CHSS, participated, UHD, April 19, 2012.
The Core Curriculum: A Focus on 21st Century Competencies (Webinar), attended, UHD, April 3, 2012.
Faculty Senate Teaching Excellence Task Force Focus Group, participant, UHD, April 3, 2012.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Prof. Anne W. Engerrand Speaks on: "Censorship and the Visual Arts," organizer, UHD, March 27, 2012.
Science and Engineering Fair of Houston Writing Contest, judge, UHD, March 3, 2012.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Paul Mandell Speaks on: "Null Subjects: How Do They Know What's Not There?," organizer, UHD, February 29, 2012.
Dialectics Episode 4 Video, Center for Public Deliberation, Panel Member, UHD, February 23, 2012.
How the Common Core Will Impact College Readiness and Teacher Education (Webinar), attended, UHD, February 22, 2012.
12th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference, College Station, Texas, February 19-21, 2012.
4 Political Philosophies: Socialism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Conservatism, Center for Public Deliberation, Panel Member, UHD, February 7, 2012.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Ed Cueva Speaks on: "Horror, the Occult and Classical Literature," organizer, UHD, November 9, 2011.
What Does It Mean to be Hispanic/Latino in Texas?: A Hispanic Heritage Month Public Deliberation, Center for Public Deliberation, co-organizer/ faculty moderator (with Dr. Paul Fortunato, Dr. Diana Bowen and Dr. Derek de la Peña), October 18, 2011.
Spanish Alumni Talk, co-organizer (with Dr. William Nowak), UHD, October 13, 2011.
Spanish Open House, organizer, UHD, October 13, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Azar Rejaie Speaks on: "Manipulating Identity to Serve the Patron: Self-Portraits and Signatures in the Italian Renaissance," organizer, UHD, October 12, 2011.
Heritage Month Event: Sharing Our Hispanic Heritage, co-organizer (with Sigma Delta Pi and La tertulia), UHD, September 27, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Kate Roark Speaks on:"The Yankee Mad Stage: Transatlantic Slavery Discourse in Two Plays Titled 'Jonathan in England,'" organizer, UHD, September 14, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Susan Baker Speaks on "Long in the Tooth but still Salivating: Celestina and other Old Salacious Sources in George Tooker's Toilette," organizer, UHD, April 12, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Reynaldo Romero Speaks on "Old and New Sources for Researching Endangered Languages," organizer, UHD, March 8, 2011.
11th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference, College Station, Texas, February 20-22, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Yvonne Kendall Speaks on "'The Dancing Priest': Musicology and Renaissance France", organizer, UHD, November 10, 2010.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Carrie Allen Speaks on "'Southerngospeltality for Sinners': Christian Hip Hop in Houston, Texas," organizer, UHD, October 13, 2010.
God and the Commons, Center for Public Deliberation, Faculty Moderator, UHD, October 12, 2010.
Muslim Community Center at Ground-Zero: Public Discussion, Center for Public Deliberation, co-organizer (with Dr. Paul Fortunato, Prof. Diana Bowen, Dr. Derek de la Peña, Dr. Michael Duncan), UHD, September 21, 2010.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Prof. Mark Cervenka Speaks on "Researching Creativity: A Curator's Look Inside Two Exhibitions", organizer, UHD, September 15, 2010.
Lunch 'n Learn Blackboard NG (New Generation, 2.0), IT Training and User Development, UHD, June 10, 2010.
Differentiation in Teacher Education: The Benefits and Challenges Associated with Practicing What We Teach, lecture/workshop by Tanya Santangelo, UHD, May 7, 2010.
God and the Commons, Center for Public Deliberation, Faculty Moderator, UHD, April 2010.
Lunch 'n Learn SoftChalk, IT Training and User Development, UHD, March 2010.
10th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference, College Station, Texas, February 21-23, 2010.
NIF Training Workshop at the Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio, February 24-25, 2010.
Marila Palmer Assessment Workshop, UHD, December 4, 2009.
Effective Assessment and Evaluation of Tutorial Programs, UHD, webinar, November 19, 2009.
UHD Admissions Standards Forum, UHD, November 13, 2009.
Center for Public Deliberation Forum, UHD, October 28, 2009.
UHD CPD National Issues Forum Deliberation Training Workshop, Center for Public Deliberation, UHD, October 16-17, 2009.
Paying for Healthcare: How Can We Make It More Affordable?, Center for Public Deliberation, UHD and the Houston Public Library, December 4, 2008.
Making General Education Explicit: CHSS Faculty Workshop, Willow St. Pump Station, UHD, October 3, 2008.
Lunch 'n Learn VISTA, IT Training and User Development, UHD, October 2006.
2nd Annual CHSS General Education Colloquiuum, Fall 2005.
The MLA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, December 27-30, 2004.
1st Annual CHSS General Education Colloquiuum, Fall 2004.
Brown Bag Forum on IT Initiatives, UHD, April 2, 2004.
The MLA Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, December 27-30, 2001.
The MLA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., December 27-30, 2000.
Meeting of the Faculty Assembly on the Common Core, attended, UHD, April 27, 2012.
Panel Discussion on 21st Century Skills and the UHD Student: Building Relationships for Student Success, attended, UHD, April 26, 2012.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Prof. Angela Speece Morra Speaks on: "The Innocent Eye: Explorations in Child/Adult Art Making," organizer, UHD,
April 25, 2012 .
3rd Thursday Event: Honor Societies, CHSS, participated, UHD, April 19, 2012.
The Core Curriculum: A Focus on 21st Century Competencies (Webinar), attended, UHD, April 3, 2012.
Faculty Senate Teaching Excellence Task Force Focus Group, participant, UHD, April 3, 2012.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Prof. Anne W. Engerrand Speaks on: "Censorship and the Visual Arts," organizer, UHD, March 27, 2012.
Science and Engineering Fair of Houston Writing Contest, judge, UHD, March 3, 2012.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Paul Mandell Speaks on: "Null Subjects: How Do They Know What's Not There?," organizer, UHD, February 29, 2012.
Dialectics Episode 4 Video, Center for Public Deliberation, Panel Member, UHD, February 23, 2012.
How the Common Core Will Impact College Readiness and Teacher Education (Webinar), attended, UHD, February 22, 2012.
12th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference, College Station, Texas, February 19-21, 2012.
4 Political Philosophies: Socialism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Conservatism, Center for Public Deliberation, Panel Member, UHD, February 7, 2012.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Ed Cueva Speaks on: "Horror, the Occult and Classical Literature," organizer, UHD, November 9, 2011.
What Does It Mean to be Hispanic/Latino in Texas?: A Hispanic Heritage Month Public Deliberation, Center for Public Deliberation, co-organizer/ faculty moderator (with Dr. Paul Fortunato, Dr. Diana Bowen and Dr. Derek de la Peña), October 18, 2011.
Spanish Alumni Talk, co-organizer (with Dr. William Nowak), UHD, October 13, 2011.
Spanish Open House, organizer, UHD, October 13, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Azar Rejaie Speaks on: "Manipulating Identity to Serve the Patron: Self-Portraits and Signatures in the Italian Renaissance," organizer, UHD, October 12, 2011.
Heritage Month Event: Sharing Our Hispanic Heritage, co-organizer (with Sigma Delta Pi and La tertulia), UHD, September 27, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Kate Roark Speaks on:"The Yankee Mad Stage: Transatlantic Slavery Discourse in Two Plays Titled 'Jonathan in England,'" organizer, UHD, September 14, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Susan Baker Speaks on "Long in the Tooth but still Salivating: Celestina and other Old Salacious Sources in George Tooker's Toilette," organizer, UHD, April 12, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Reynaldo Romero Speaks on "Old and New Sources for Researching Endangered Languages," organizer, UHD, March 8, 2011.
11th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference, College Station, Texas, February 20-22, 2011.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Yvonne Kendall Speaks on "'The Dancing Priest': Musicology and Renaissance France", organizer, UHD, November 10, 2010.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Dr. Carrie Allen Speaks on "'Southerngospeltality for Sinners': Christian Hip Hop in Houston, Texas," organizer, UHD, October 13, 2010.
God and the Commons, Center for Public Deliberation, Faculty Moderator, UHD, October 12, 2010.
Muslim Community Center at Ground-Zero: Public Discussion, Center for Public Deliberation, co-organizer (with Dr. Paul Fortunato, Prof. Diana Bowen, Dr. Derek de la Peña, Dr. Michael Duncan), UHD, September 21, 2010.
Arts & Humanities Faculty Tea: Prof. Mark Cervenka Speaks on "Researching Creativity: A Curator's Look Inside Two Exhibitions", organizer, UHD, September 15, 2010.
Lunch 'n Learn Blackboard NG (New Generation, 2.0), IT Training and User Development, UHD, June 10, 2010.
Differentiation in Teacher Education: The Benefits and Challenges Associated with Practicing What We Teach, lecture/workshop by Tanya Santangelo, UHD, May 7, 2010.
God and the Commons, Center for Public Deliberation, Faculty Moderator, UHD, April 2010.
Lunch 'n Learn SoftChalk, IT Training and User Development, UHD, March 2010.
10th Annual Texas A&M University Assessment Conference, College Station, Texas, February 21-23, 2010.
NIF Training Workshop at the Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio, February 24-25, 2010.
Marila Palmer Assessment Workshop, UHD, December 4, 2009.
Effective Assessment and Evaluation of Tutorial Programs, UHD, webinar, November 19, 2009.
UHD Admissions Standards Forum, UHD, November 13, 2009.
Center for Public Deliberation Forum, UHD, October 28, 2009.
UHD CPD National Issues Forum Deliberation Training Workshop, Center for Public Deliberation, UHD, October 16-17, 2009.
Paying for Healthcare: How Can We Make It More Affordable?, Center for Public Deliberation, UHD and the Houston Public Library, December 4, 2008.
Making General Education Explicit: CHSS Faculty Workshop, Willow St. Pump Station, UHD, October 3, 2008.
Lunch 'n Learn VISTA, IT Training and User Development, UHD, October 2006.
2nd Annual CHSS General Education Colloquiuum, Fall 2005.
The MLA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, December 27-30, 2004.
1st Annual CHSS General Education Colloquiuum, Fall 2004.
Brown Bag Forum on IT Initiatives, UHD, April 2, 2004.
The MLA Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, December 27-30, 2001.
The MLA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., December 27-30, 2000.