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Faculty Scholarly Activities

| Proehl, R., Douglas, S., Elias, D., Johnson, A., & Westsmith, W. (2013). A collaborative approach: Assessing the impact of multi-grade classrooms. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 16(2), 422-446. | |
| Suzuki, S., Proehl, R., Rambo, H., Dempsey, S., French, H., Hayes, M., Jaccoby, S., Johnson, C., & Pugh, R. (2013, May). Teaching and learning of action research for transformational leadership: An engaged curriculum for a doctoral-level educational leadership program. Presentation at the Action Research Network of the Americas Conference, San Francisco, CA. | |
| Proehl, R. (2013, April). Lasallian pedagogy: Educating the mind and the heart. Presentation for Professor of the Year, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA. | |
| Moskal, M. K., & Perez, K. (2013, April). Year II: The challenges and successes of Lift Up. Presentation at the annual conference of the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX. | |
| Suzuki, S., Holloway, S. D., Nagase, A., & Kim, S. (2013, April). Developing parenting self-efficacy scales for parents of young children. Poster presented at the 2013 biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA. | |
| Brooks, C., Brown, N., Halberg, P., Ouk, L., Shittu, A., & Suzuki, S. (2013, April). Creating a house of mirrors: First year doctoral students’ reflection on the process of collaborative inquiry. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. | |
| Daoust, C., & Suzuki, S. (2013, March). Montessori magnets and charters: Similarities and differences in practices. Poster presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Montessori Society, Orlando, FL. | |
| Mattar, S. (2013, February). Infusing social justice and advocacy in counseling courses: Pedagogical reflections. Paper presented at the Winter Roundtable, Columbia University, NY. | |
| Moughamian, A., & Rambo, H. (2013, February). Crafting a new self in a second language: Relationships between language proficiency, acculturation, and identity. Presentation at the Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA. | |
| Thomas, S. R. (2013, February). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. In J. Sandoval (Ed.), Crisis counseling, intervention and prevention in the schools (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. | |
| Thomas, S. R., & Cook, J. (2013, February). Conflict and crisis within the family system. In J. Sandoval (Ed.), Crisis counseling, intervention and prevention in the schools (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. | |
| Alter, P. J. (2013, January). Examining relationships between student challenging behavior and teacher job satisfaction. Presentation at the 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI. | |
| Alter, P. J. (2013, January). Classroom-based intervention research in the field of EBD: Current practices and future directions. Presentation at the 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI. | |
| Mattar, S. & Garcia, A. (2013, January). Claiming space in the academy: Empowering first-generation to college Latinas. Roundtable presented at the National Multicultural Summit, Austin, TX. | |
| Perez, K. (2012, December). S.T.A.R.S.S.: Strategies for teaching active reading to struggling students. Presentation at the Learning Forward National Conference, Boston, MA. | |
| Thomas, S. R. (2012, November). Offering your aesthetic response: Integrating expressive arts techniques in group therapy and supervision. Roundtable presentation at the conference of the Western Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES), Portland, OR. | |
| Thomas, S. R., & Uresti, A. (2012, November). Appropriate self-disclosure: Confidence builders for the beginner, burnout prevention for the veteran. Presentation at the conference of the Western Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES), Portland, OR. | |
| Alter, P. J. (2012, October). What challenging behaviors do teachers identify as most prevalent and problematic? Presentation at the 36th Annual Conference for Teacher Educators of Children with Behavioral Disorders, Tempe, AZ. | |
| Alter, P. J., Scott, T. M., & Cooper, J. (2012, October). Classroom-based intervention research in the field of EBD: Current practices and future directions. Presentation at the 36th Annual Conference for Teacher Educators of Children with Behavioral Disorders, Tempe, AZ. | |
| Perez, K. (2012, October). Leadership for learning and instruction. Presentation at the 3rd World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational Leadership, Brussels, Belgium. | |
| Thomas, S. R. (2012, October). Effective groupwork: A time-saving tool for school counselors. Presentation at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors (CASC), Thousand Oaks, CA. | |
| Thomas, S. R., & Rowell, L. L. (2012, October). Creating evidence-based practice through collaborative action research in school counseling. Presentation at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors (CASC), Thousand Oaks, CA. | |
| Uresti, A., & Thomas, S. R. (2012, October). Make it work: Tailoring LGBTQ interventions to fit your school. Presentation at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors (CASC), Thousand Oaks, CA. | |
| Perez, K. (2012, July). Dynamic differentiated instruction. Presentation at the National Midwest Conference on Differentiation, Chicago, IL. | |
| Peterson, J. (2012, May). All that’s left unsaid: How Conrad gets it right. Paper presentation at the Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Rochester, NY. | |
| Moskal, M. K., & Perez, K. (2012, April). Lift Up structure, goals, and achievement. Presentation at the annual conference of the International Reading Association, Chicago, IL. |
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