Applied Educational, School Psychology Present in Las Vegas, South Bend

Several students and faculty in the Applied Educational Psychology and School Psychology programs recently presented papers and/or posters from recent research at two conferences this spring.

They presented their work at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February and the APA Division 48 national conference of Psychology and Peace 2018 in South Bend, Indiana, in March.

In Indiana, presenters included: Esa Alaraurdanjoki, Debbie Stiles, Centron Felder. Sarah Aton-Wade, Sepideh Shirafkan, Keely Korstange, Ajah Thomas, Alexis Goldfeld and Nicole Richards.

Their papers, posters and/or panels covered these research topics:

• “A child rights perspective on child trafficking in schools in two locations: Missouri and Finland” (Stiles, D.A., Alaraurdanjoki, E.A,, and Felder, C.)
• “The benefits of an Islamic environment for Muslim elementary school students.” (Shirafkan, S.)
• “Racial injustice, posttraumatic healing and organizational resilience in St. Louis schools.” (Korstanje, K.C., Thomas, A.J., Aton-Wade, S.E., Richards, N.L., Felder, C., Castor, M., Stiles, D.A., and Falconer, J.W.)
• “The impact of the presidential election of Donald J. Trump on children in schools: An analysis of the data from Missouri.” (Stiles, D.A., Falconer, J.W., Castor, M., Winn, L., and Brewer, S.D.)
• “Human trafficking: What do Missouri educators and school mental health professionals know.” (Felder, C., Goldfeld, A., Monsour, T., Kimbrough, M., and Stiles, D.A.)

In Las Vegas, Webster presenters included: Debbie Stiles, Keary Ritchie, Lisa Wilkinson, Esa Alaraudanjoki for panel presentations on the following topics:

• "An International, Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Importance of Psychological Resilience for High School and College Students Who Are Non-Native Speakers of English." (Alaraudanjoki, E.A. (panelist), Stiles, D.A.,. Ritchie, K.L., Wilkinson, L.R.)
• "Instructors in Community Colleges Can Support Psychological Resilience and Build Community in their Traumatized Immigrant and Refugee Students" (Wilkinson, L.R. (panelist), Yamaguchi, R., Ritchie, K.L., Stiles, D.A.)
• "High School Teachers Can Promote Social-Emotional Learning and Resilience in their Traumatized Immigrant and Refugee Students." (Ritchie, K.L. (panelist), Stiles, D.A., Wilkinson, L. R., Escalona, M.I.) 
• "Learning about Psychological Resilience and International Research Helps Teachers of Immigrant and Refugee Students" (Stiles, D.A. (panelist), Ritchie, K.L., Wilkinson, L.R., Lancia, O.)