Income Inequality, Trust, and Academic Dishonesty

Is the growing problems with cheating in US colleges and universities related to economics? In a recent article, psychologists have observed a link between economic inequality in a state and the amount of cheating in that state (measured by the number of Google searches for "buy term papers" and national pay-for-paper websites). They suggest that the way to reduce academic dishonesty is to build trust between teachers and students, students and students, and within society as a whole. Read the summary of the research on the Association for Psychological Science website.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/income-inequality-and-distrust-foster-academic-dishonesty.html

Big Data: Quantitative Analysis Workshops

The Office of Faculty Enhancement and the Quantitative Analysis Faculty Learning Community introduce 

Big Data: Quantitative Analysis Workshops
coming in April 2012.  These workshops are designed for faculty who are interested in learning more about recent developments in quantitative analysis and would like to learn how these techniques could be relevant to their research. The Learning Community has organized the two workshops below.

STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING

Friday, April  6, 2012
1:00p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Social Sciences Building (51), Room 1202
Register by emailing drichard@unf.edu

In this workshop, Dr. Lakshmi Goel, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Coggin College of Business, will provide a basic introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) as a second-generation statistical technique for analysis. Participants will contrast SEM with first generation techniques, such as regression, and will discuss covariance and partial least squares based approaches to SEM. Then, using AMOS software and a sample dataset, participants will engage in a hands-on example of SEM. Researchers in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Health Sciences, and in disciplines that deal with large datasets with many interrelated variables particularly will be interested in attending.

META-ANALYSIS

Thursday, April  12, 2012
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

College of Education Building (57), Room 2520

Register by emailing drichard@unf.edu

In this workshop, Dr. Dan Richard, Associate Professor, Psychology, will introduce meta-analysis as a way to summarize large bodies of research and to conduct program evaluation. Participants will discuss both fixed-effects and random-effects approaches to meta-analysis, and will review standard metrics in meta-analysis (using standardized mean differences and correlation coefficients) as well as raw metrics. Then, using SPSS and an example dataset, participants will conduct a small meta-analysis and produce plots to illustrate results as well as check for publication bias. Researchers in the Sciences, Education, Health Sciences, and disciplines where research on a topic is conducted across labs and programs especially will be interested in attending.

For further information, contact Dan Richard at drichard@unf.edu or Albert Loh at cloh@unf.edu

Illuminating Collaborations - S.T.A.R.S. Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium

Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium
(S.T.A.R.S)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012  •  11:30 am - 3:15 pm
UNF Student Union West • Building 58W, Room 3703, Ballrooms

The Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium (S.T.A.R.S.) is an annual showcase of research excellence highlighting UNF faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate students across all disciplines within the university community.

The theme for this year’s event is Illuminating Collaborations.

The event will recognize researchers and highlight emerging research trends. 

This event will include oral presentations, poster presentations, round table discussions,  and a faculty and staff awards ceremony.

This event is free to the UNF community.

Pre-registration is required.

http://alturl.com/ornuc

S.T.A.R.S. Schedule

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Registration
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Roundtables (Lunch will be Served)
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Presentation: The UNF Digital Commons
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Poster Session (Refreshments will be served)

Register: http://alturl.com/ornuc

Academic Integrity Exercise

Deborah Zarka Miller at Anderson University recently published an article about an assignment she uses to teach her students about plagiarism. Instead of having students engage in plagiarism or try to detect plagiarism, she has students become victims of plagiarism. She describes the activity in this recent article.
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/a-lesson-in-academic-integrity-as-students-feel-the-injustice-of-plagiarism/

Photo credit: clarita from morguefile.com

Webinar on the Arts and Human Development

Please see the announcement below regarding a free webinar discussing the connection between community engagement, the arts, health, and human development.

For details, visit http://bit.ly/wd8rhM

On February 29, The National Endowment for the Arts hosts a public webinar to extend the conversation of the Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development, a new alliance of 14 federal agencies and departments to encourage more and better research on how the arts help people reach their full potential at all stages of life.  Task force members include representatives from agencies and offices within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and others.  This series of quarterly webinars will share compelling research and practices along with information about funding opportunities for research in the arts and human development across federal agencies. Future webinars will take place May 30, Aug. 1, and Oct. 3, 2012.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 2:00 – 3:00 pm, EST Webinar will feature presentation on The Gamelan Project and collaboration between an ethnomusicologist/composer and neuroscientists that explores cognitive development

Guests and speakers

·         Sunil Iyengar, NEA Director of Research & Analysis, will moderate the webinar 

·         Dr. Soo-Siang Lim, Director, Science of Learning Centers Program, National Science Foundation

·         Presenting The Gamelan Project: ethnomusicologist, performer, and composer Alexander Khalil and neuroscientists Andrea Chiba and Victor Minces from the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, University of California San Diego.

The webinar is free and open to the public.  No registration is required. 

Media may RSVP to Sally Gifford, NEA Public Affairs Specialist at 202-682-5606 or giffords@arts.gov.

For details, visit http://bit.ly/wd8rhM

International Conference on Terrorism and Aggression

Memorial to the Armenian Genocide
Photo by Aled Betts

Please see the announcement below regarding an interdisciplinary conference on conflict, terrorism, and aggression. The deadline for proposals is April 30th, 2012.

CALL FOR PAPERS

6th CICA-STR International Conference on Terrorism and Aggression: Towards Increased Freedom and Security

September 8-11, 2012

Burgas, Bulgaria

You are invited to submit proposals for papers, posters, and symposia to be presented at the 6th Annual CICA – STR International Conference, to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria.

Proposals presenting theoretical, empirical and applied content are welcome from all behavioral science perspectives to emphasize the importance of integrating theoretical frameworks and findings from multiple disciplines. Proposal content can cover a range of related topics including, but not limited to:

§  New security challenges

§  Arab revolutions

§  Psychological and social impact of aggression and violence resulting from diversity, social economics, war, media exposure, and /or terrorism

§  Practical approaches to prevention and/or intervention of aggression, violence and/or terrorism

§  Dynamics of terrorism on national, regional and international levels

§  Implications of racial and ethnic diversity on aggressive, violent and/or terrorist behavior

§  Transfer of empirical research on aggression, violence, or terrorism to practical prevention and intervention practices at local to global levels

§  Suicide terrorism

§  Gender, sex and violence

§  Alternative dispute resolution

§  Conflicts in the post-communist world

You may also choose to participate in the conference without presenting a paper

In this case, please fill in just the first part of the Proposal Application Form.

SUBMIT PROPOSALS ELECTRONICALLY:

PROPOSAL APPLICATION FORM

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Deadlines
Paper, Poster, or Symposium Proposal Submissions : APRIL 30, 2012
Notification of acceptance : MAY 15, 2012
Early Bird Conference Payment : MAY 30, 2012

CONFERENCE WEBSITE

--
Tali K. Walters, Ph.D.
Forensic Psychologist
President, Society for Terrorism Research
Associate Editor, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression

PO Box 590094
Newton, MA  02459
(617) 899-5825
tkwstr@gmail.com

Interdisciplinary Conference on Systematic Reviews

Please see the message below from the organizing committee of the 2012 Campbell Colloquium. 

Time is running out to submit poster proposals for the 2012 Campbell Colloquium!Deadline for poster submissions: 15 February 2012

Behind all great research is great methodology. The Campbell Colloquium,
29-31 May, 2012, in Copenhagen will showcase some of the most exciting systematic reviews being conducted in crime and justice, education, social welfare and international development. The Colloquium will also provide participants with the opportunity to enhance their understanding of the methodology behind these reviews through workshops led by international experts in systematic review methods. Whether you are an experienced systematic reviewer or merely interested in evidence-based policy and practice, these workshops offer the perfect chance to learn about the methodology behind a systematic review.

The Campbell Colloquium call for posters will close 15 February. Have you completed a systematic review, or in the middle of conducting one, which looks at the effectiveness of social policies, programs or interventions? Does your research focus on one of the following areas: crime and justice, education, international development, social welfare or methods (knowledge synthesis/implications for synthesis)?

Presenting a poster of your work at the 2012 Campbell Colloquium is a valuable and interactive way to promote and share your work with researchers, policy makers and practitioners interested in evidence-based policy and practice.

Posters will be on display throughout the duration of the colloquium. Time will be allocated throughout the colloquium when authors will be available to discuss the work presented in their poster with interested colloquium participants.

We welcome submissions which look at questions of effectiveness, risk, diagnosis, prevalence, and incidence and are open to a wide range of methodologies using quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods approaches.

Posters must be in English and represent original work. Submissions should include a one-page summary with an abstract (max. 200 words) of the results to be sent as a PDF file with full title, authors names, affiliations and addresses. The abstracts will be reviewed and selected by a committee comprised of Campbell Steering Group Members, Editors, and affiliates. The submitting authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection via e-mail by 1 March 2012.