Professional Presentations

Professional Presentations

2008
2008

Picture Books as an Art Form and Artifact for Promoting Human Health and Well Being

2008

Engage – challenge – inspire: Ways to educate for health through collaborative partnerships. The 20th Annual Conference of the National Association of Health Education Centers and the American Association for Health Education. Cincinnati, OH.

2007
2007

Impact of Literacy Influences and Perceived Reading Ability on the Self-Rated Health Status of 7th and 8th Grade Public School Students. 7th Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS). San Diego, CA.

2007

Health, Race, & Gender Representations in Children’s Picture Books

2006
2006

Integrative Patterns of Text, Subtext, and Context In the Design of Literature-Based Curricula for All Disciplines

2006

Health Education Philosophies: What? So What? Now What? The Role of Cognition in Educating for Health. National Convention of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance

2005
2005

The Children’s Picture Book Database at Miami University: Research, Education, Access, and Direction (READ). Oxford Round Table, Lincoln College, University of Oxford, England.

2004
2004

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Patterns of African Americans in Children’s Picture Books

2004

Improving Health Literacy Through Picture Books: A Study of African American Wellness Patterns. Ohio Kentucky Indiana Children’s Literature Annual Regional Conference. Miami University, Hamilton OH.

2003
2003

Placement of a Health Education Teacher Candidate in an Elementary School