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 2021
Overcoming Barriers to Men's Mental Health: Research Update, Meredith Montgomery
Personality and Behavioral Influence on Physician Assistant and Pharmacy Student Perceptions of Interprofessional Education, Amy Christopher and Lindsey Hammett
Pilot Nutrition, Fitness and Injury Screening Clinic: Accomplishments and Outlook, Diana Cuy-Castellanos, Matt Beerse, Gerry Gallo, Rebecca Gonter-Dray, and Anne R. Crecelius
Promoting Equity: Differences in Financial Resources Allocation Between Urban Early College High Schools and Traditional Public High Schools, Steven Hinshaw
Recommendations for Student Affairs Faculty and Programs: A Content Analysis, Graham Hunter
SEL Implementation in Schools: Establishing a Line of Inquiry through Mentorship of Student Research, Elana R. Bernstein
Special Education Preservice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Toward Teaching STEAM, Catherine Mary Lawless and Lindsay A. Gold
“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
2020 Award Presentations and Closing Remarks, Corinne M. Daprano
A Culturally Responsive Art Education for Girls: Moving the Margins in Malawi, Novea McIntosh and R. Darden Bradshaw
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
Developing University Faculty for Success in Working with Multilingual Students, Colleen E. Gallagher
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)
Evaluation of the Social-Emotional Learning Language Arts (SELLA) Program in Elementary Classrooms, Elana R. Bernstein
Factors Related to Food Insecurity in the University of Dayton Student Population, Diana K. Cuy Castellanos
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
Global Education Seminar: Pathway to Integrating Teaching, Research, and Service in Togo, West Africa, Joseph M. Day
Interprofessional Healthcare Student Perceptions of Clinical Experience Effectiveness After Participation in Local Underserved Health Clinics, Amy Christopher
Meeting Community and Student Needs Through a Sports Nutrition and Wellness Club, Rebecca M. Gonter-Dray and Diana K. Cuy Castellanos
The Lived Eating Experiences After Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer: Finding Meaning and Purpose, Jennifer Dalton
Assessing Food Safety Culture: A Comparative Study Between Independent and Chain Ethnic Restaurants, Basem Boutros
Global Education Seminar: Seeing Africa through the Eyes of an Educator, Rochonda L. Nenonene
School-based Support for Families of Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries, Susan C. Davies
