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. Submit a poster, paper, or presentation.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 2021
Recommendations for Student Affairs Faculty and Programs: A Content Analysis, Graham Hunter
Special Education Preservice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Toward Teaching STEAM, Catherine Mary Lawless and Lindsay A. Gold
Overcoming Barriers to Men's Mental Health: Research Update, Meredith Montgomery
Esports and Sport Gamification during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Haozhou Pu and Corinne M. Daprano
Effects of Extracurricular Physical Activity on Strength, Balance, Endurance and Quality of Life on Children with Disabilities, Trisha Renner and Betsy Donahoe-Fillmore
Improving Access for Women in Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) in India: A Policy Gap Analysis, Matthew A. Witenstein
“We’ve Been Forgotten”: First-hand Perspectives on Teacher Leaders and Teacher Leadership in Urban Schools, Meredith L. Wronowski, James Olive, Wesley Henry, and Bryan VanGronigen
Presentations from 2020
Evaluation of the Social-Emotional Learning Language Arts (SELLA) Program in Elementary Classrooms, Elana R. Bernstein
Assessing Food Safety Culture: A Comparative Study Between Independent and Chain Ethnic Restaurants, Basem Boutros
Interprofessional Healthcare Student Perceptions of Clinical Experience Effectiveness After Participation in Local Underserved Health Clinics, Amy Christopher
Factors Related to Food Insecurity in the University of Dayton Student Population, Diana K. Cuy Castellanos
The Lived Eating Experiences After Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer: Finding Meaning and Purpose, Jennifer Dalton
2020 Award Presentations and Closing Remarks, Corinne M. Daprano
School-based Support for Families of Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries, Susan C. Davies
Global Education Seminar: Pathway to Integrating Teaching, Research, and Service in Togo, West Africa, Joseph M. Day
Fear of Physical Activity Hinders Functional Return in Women Treated for Breast Cancer, Mary Insana Fisher (0000-0003-0531-591X), Anne Fleischer, Taylor Bergin, and Christine DeLong
Developing University Faculty for Success in Working with Multilingual Students, Colleen E. Gallagher
Meeting Community and Student Needs Through a Sports Nutrition and Wellness Club, Rebecca M. Gonter-Dray and Diana K. Cuy Castellanos
A Culturally Responsive Art Education for Girls: Moving the Margins in Malawi, Novea McIntosh and R. Darden Bradshaw
Global Education Seminar: Seeing Africa through the Eyes of an Educator, Rochonda L. Nenonene
Engaging with Street-Level Bureaucracy to Propose Curriculum and Exam Policy Shifts in the Indian Higher Education System, Matthew A. Witenstein (0000-0003-0722-056X)
Beyond Tracking: The Relationship of Opportunity to Learn and Diminished Math Outcomes for U.S. High School Students, Meredith L. Wronowski
Data Use in Equity Efforts: College Faculty and Administrators’ Perspectives on Barriers, Mary Ziskin (0000-0002-1057-3094) and Pamela Cross Young
