The Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day, launched in 2006, showcases faculty research in the School of Education and Health Sciences. In addition to featuring research presentations, the School recognizes summer research grant recipients and Global Education Seminar participants; announces new grant awardees; and presents the annual faculty awards.
The next BRC Day — a celebration of the event's 20th anniversary — will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 10, 2026.Co-chairs: Gerry Gallo and Rachel Vaglienti
Honors and awards committee: Rachel Vaglienti, Gerry Gallo, Kurt Jackson, Elana Bernstein, Michele Welkener, Jeremy Mills
Presentations from 2026
2026 Schedule of Presentations, University of Dayton. School of Education and Health Sciences
An Immersive Placements and Moral Growth at Barretstown: Integrating a Transformative Framework With Preservice Teachers in Marianist Teacher Education, Jeremy R. Mills, Annie Chiles, Caroline Miller, and Lauren Windsor
An interdisciplinary medical mission to Malawi, Africa, Trisha A. Renner, Eric S. Hammond, and Joseph Matt Day
Assessment of the fine motor ability and hand grip strategies associated with cooking skill performance in preschool-aged children, Ian McDonald, Diana Cuy Castellanos, Rebecca Gonter-Dray, and Matt Beerse
Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Curriculum Design and Instruction: A Study With Preservice Teachers, Lindsay A. Gold, Vanessa Winn, and Jackie M. Arnold
Fitness for All: Inside the Personal Training Experience at Colin’s Lodge, Gerry Gallo
Improving Functional Electrical Stimulation Prescription for persons with Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Series, Kurt Jackson
'One Han’ Cyaan Clap': Collectivism in Creating Critically Caring Classrooms in Glocal and Global Spaces, Novea McIntosh
School Psychologists’ Support for Jewish Students in K-12 Schools: A Scoping Review of the Literature, Elana R. Bernstein
The Brain Health Collective: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Wellness and Community Engagement, Susan C. Davies
Presentations from 2024
Behavioral Health Workforce Development in Ohio, Meredith Montgomery
Cooperating Educator’s Perceptions of Roles and Lived Experiences during Field Supervision, Vanessa Winn and Jody Googins
Experiential Learning Through Physical Activity: The Fitness, Friendship, and Fun Program, Gerry Gallo and Matt Beerse
Fieldwork Learning Opportunities for Trainees in Behavior Analysis: A Survey of Current Practices, Madison Crandall, Clare Liddon, and Regan Weston
How School Policies, Procedures, and Leadership Approaches Impact Students’ Opportunity to Learn Math, Meredith L. Wronowski
Improving School-Based Mental Health Services in Rural Appalachian Ohio, Elana R. Bernstein
Interpreting English-Medium Instruction in Affiliated Colleges in India from a Third Space Perspective, Matthew A. Witenstein
Performance Orientations: A Critical Inquiry with the MMAI in an Urban High School, Kenneth Butler
Successful experiential learning via meeting contemporary field-based, experiential instructor needs, Sean Patrick Gallivan and Trisha Renner
The Brain Health Collective: Opportunities for SEHS Faculty and Students, Susan Davies
The Experiences of HESA Practitioner-Adjuncts as Planners and Teachers, Graham Hunter
Presentations from 2023
Process, Culture, Identity, and Impact: Emancipatory Perspectives in Research Praxis, Aaliyah Baker
3D Scanners in Pediatrics, Trisha Renner and Betsy Donahoe Fillmore
Developing Culturally Responsive Anti-Racist Activists, Novea McIntosh and Rochonda Nenonene
Energy Drink Consumption and Among Video Gamers, Hoazhou Pu, Diana Cuy Castellanos, and Dana Roscoe
Enhancing School Psychologists’ Consultation Skills to Support Students with Anxiety, Elana R. Bernstein
Multistage Development of a Clinical Performance Assessment of Physical Therapist Students and Clinical Instructors, Sean Patrick Gallivan
Teachers’ Contexts, Their Instruction and Math Achievement: Evidence from the 2018 TALIS-PISA Link Data, Meredith L. Wronowski and Xiaoyuan Chen
The Importance of Parent Involvement in School-Based Mental Health Services, Layla J. Kurt
Developing a Mindset: The Role of Clinical Practice in Preservice Teachers’ Understandings about Dyslexia, Mary-Kate Sableski
Presentations from 2022
2022 School of Education and Health Sciences Faculty Awards, University of Dayton. School of Education and Health Sciences
Culturally Responsive Education: Teacher Education Fit for the Times, Novea McIntosh and Rochonda L. Nenonene
Neurocognitive Capabilities and Physiological Responses to Cognitive Stress as well as General Health and Fitness Measurements in Competitive Gamers versus Non-Gamers, Anne R. Crecelius and Nicole Hetrick
Non-Fungible Tokens and the Digital Economy in Sports, Haozhou Pu
Schedule: 17th Annual Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day, Rochonda L. Nenonene
Supporting Students after Concussion: What College Faculty Need to Know, Susan C. Davies
An Evaluation of a Fitness Battery and Complementary Fitness Tests for Adults with Intellectual Differences Engaged in Personal Training, Matt Beerse and Gerry Gallo
Cancer-Related Fatigue Rehabilitation Delivered via eHealth: A Feasibility Study, Mary I. Fisher, Anne Fleischer, Kelsy Measles, and Evan Bartlett
Cocurricular Book Clubs in Teacher Education, Vanessa Winn
Higher Education and Student Affairs Faculty as Academic Planners: Perspectives on Course Planning and Facilitation, Graham Hunter
Interprofessional Research in Behavioral Health Sciences, Meredith Montgomery, Elana R. Bernstein, and Susan C. Davies
Reading, Knowing and Being: Responses to Reading Social Justice Advocates’ Memoirs, Vanessa Winn
Presentations from 2021
Brain Health Research Collaborative, Susan C. Davies
Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements in the IHPL, Anne R. Crecelius
Creating Inviting School Cultures During COVID-19: The Role of the Principal, Corinne Brion (0000-0001-6151-525X)
Effects of Extracurricular Physical Activity on Strength, Balance, Endurance and Quality of Life on Children with Disabilities, Trisha Renner and Betsy Donahoe-Fillmore
Esports and Sport Gamification during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Haozhou Pu and Corinne M. Daprano
Exploring the Eating Experience in Individuals Recently Diagnosed with Celiac Disease, Jennifer Dalton and Diana Cuy-Castellanos
Health Literacy of African Immigrants and Refugees in the Dayton area, Amy Christopher
Improving Access for Women in Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) in India: A Policy Gap Analysis, Matthew A. Witenstein
