2025 CEHD Research Conference Program

Godwin Ahiase, Zarrina Azizova, & Robert Stupnisky

EHBS

Higher Education

Higher Education Financing and Student Outcomes in STEM Programs in Europe and Central Asia: Do Faculty Gender Diversity Play a Role?

Parvej Ahmed

EHBS

Instructional Design & Technology

Honing Law Students’ Legal Drafting Competency with an AI Personal Trainer: Does it Work?

Mosab Abu Al Foul

EHBS

Higher Education

Beyond Traditional Metrics: Toward Inclusive and Equitable Definitions of Student Engagement in Higher Education

Shaylah Anderson & Dr. Ryan Flinn

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Exploring the Stories of Growing up Rural and LGBTQ+: A Narrative Analysis of Challenges, Strengths, and Identity

Lacey Anderson

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Raising eco-conscious children during the climate crisis: An autoethnographic exploration of environmental education principles

Pearl Fafa Bansah & Woei Hung Ph.D.

EHBS

Instructional Design & Technology

Systems Thinking and Modeling: Comparing Inquiry with AI-Driven Approaches and AI-POSEC Integration

Allyssa Baumbach, Daphne Pedersen, & Robert H. Stupnisky

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

SEM Analysis of Gender and Family Differences in Faculty Motivation for Research

Caitlin I. Brecklin & Lena M. Batt

CEHD

Center for Engineering Education Research

(Don't) Become a Teacher: Further Analysis of the ND Teacher Temperature Check Survey

Cassidy Brown, Aaron Cooper, & Akorede Teriba

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

The relationship between community of origin and growth mindset

Kara Buchhop

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Co-Teaching: The Future of Clinical Pedagogy for Teacher Education

Christina Burns & Kara Wettersten

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Childhood Maltreatment And Mental Health in Early Adulthood: Exploring the Role Of Emotion Regulation

Kalie Chambless, Molly Hacker, & Katherine L. Nelson

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Addressing Mental Health Needs in Youth: The Role of School-Based Mental Health Services

Tiffany Chiu

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

A Qualitatively-Informed Approach to Examining the Construct Validity of Alcohol-Involved Sexual Violence

Aaron Cooper & Akorede Teriba

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Sports satisfaction between communities

Cortney Shuley

TLPP

Educational Practice & Leadership

Exploring Qualitative Research Methodologies in Culturally Relevant Practices within STEM Education

Ethan Dahl, Mariah Sorby, & Cerynn Desjarlais

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Indigenous Perspectives on Native Appropriated Mascots

Renuka de Silva & Pempho Chinkondenji

TLPP

Teacher Education

Weaving Tapestries: Exploring Stories of Transnational Female Students in Higher Education of Malawi and Sri Lanka.

Andie Doyon, Kara Wettersten, & Lucille Waagen

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Consent Teachings in Sex Education: A Qualitative Study

Kathryn Ellingson & Akorede Teriba

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Exploring Athletic Fortitude: The Impact of Emotion Regulation Among Student-Athletes

Matthew Evans & Ethan Dahl

EHBS

Counseling Psych

TGD Youth’s Utilization of Videogame Avatars During Early Gender Exploration: A Grounded Theory Study

Bonni Gourneau

TLPP

Teacher Education

Understanding Generation Alpha Students' Educational Needs in Elementary Classrooms

Jinxuan Guo, Chandler Tobeck, Karla K. Fehr, Akorede Teriba, & Sarah Honaker

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Caregiver’s Recognition and Treatment-Seeking for Child Sleep Difficulties in Rural Areas

Molly E. Hacker & Ryan E. Flinn

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

In Search of Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Among Medical Students: A Scoping Review

Lori Heydt

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Effective Literacy Professional Development: Connecting Research and Practice for Teacher Growth

Kamryn Holtz & Katherine L. Nelson

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

The Impact of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation on Teachers’ Perception of Their School’s Climate

Mohammad Islam

EHBS

Instructional Design & Technology

Faculty Efficacy and Technology Integration in the Legal Education in Bangladesh

Hyungwoo Jo

EHBS

Higher Education

Approach & Landing: The Scanning Technique

Carol Johnson & Kristen Votava

TLPP

Early Childhood Education

325L OSEP Leadership Grant Impacts

Torosa Johur

TLPP

Special Education

Faculty Perceptions and Readiness for Inclusive Teaching in Undergraduate Classrooms

Minnie Kalyanasundaram

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Barriers to Achieving Academic Success in Medical School: A Framework for a Qualitative Study

Rabeya Khatun & Steven LeMire

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

School Safety at American Schools: How Community Involvement and School Activities Mitigate Student Harassment?

Kelsey H. Klinger, Kara Wettersten, & Rachel L. Navarro

EHBS

Counseling Psych

Examining Validity Measure in Military Veterans Referred for ADHD Testing

Percy C. Kpodo & Robert H. Stupnisky

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

The Role of Perceived Institutional Support in STEM Faculty Members' Research Motivation and Success

Dedan Kusaga

EHBS

Higher Education

The Role of Student Loan Debt on Delayed Homeownership Among Black American College Graduates

Yonca Kutluk, Devika Panicker, Kalie Chambless, Wei Mao, Kristen Votava, & Tanis Walch

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

School Health Hub: Family Engagement and Public Health Initiatives

John LeClerc

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Exploring gender perceptions of occupational therapy doctoral students at UND

Drew Lenway, Kathryn Ellingson, Aaron Cooper, Henry Rott, Amber Peterson, Jimmy Morin, Komal Mangle, Radomir Mitic, & Akorede Teriba

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Psychological Fortitude in Athletics: Impact on Student-Athlete Well-Being and Performance

Wei Mao, Jessica Zorn, Hairui Liu, & Jesse Rhoads

EHBS

Kinesiology

Impact of Mixed-Model Teaching on College Student’s Game Performance: A Study on PP and SE in Invasion Games Performance

Fang Liu & Hyonsuk Cho

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Factor Structure of Teacher-related Boredom in EFL classroom: A Mini Literature Review

Brogan Lommen-Solig, Ethan Dahl, & Mariah Sorby

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Disclosure Outcomes in the Workplace

Leisha N Lunnie

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

The Pathways to Success in Becoming a Commercial Pilot

Robbie Lunnie

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Experiential Sub-Scaled Flight Models in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Training

Jenice Lynch, Thomas Stokke, Amber Adgerson, & Emanuel Grant

Computer Science

A Holistic Approach Towards Computational Thinking Assessment in Education

Jesse Rhoades, Komal Mangle, Pablo de León, Keith Crisman, & Kavya Manyapu

EHBS

Kinesiology

Assessment of Parastronauts’ Ingress and Egress of Lockheed Martin's Orion and Boeing CST-100 Starliner.

Wei Mao, Hairui Liu, & Jesse Rhoades

EHBS

Kinesiology

Grow as A Coach: The Initial Attempt of Teaching Styles within Sport Education

Kate McKinney & Ryan E. Flinn

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Understanding College Students' Reactions to Peer Mental Distress: Demographic Differences in Dismissive Responses

Gabriella Montero

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Exploring Impacts of Multigenerational Historical Trauma on Indigenous Academic Outcomes

Mary Moroney-Fernandez

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Healing Through Nature: The Impact of Nature-Based Activities on Multilingual Students

Katherine L. Nelson, Kristen Votava, & Tanis Walch

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Updates to Meeting North Dakota Indigenous, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Ally, Plus, and Underserved School-Based Mental Health Needs

Anna K. Nguyen, Andrew C. Lenway, Rachel L. Navarro, Jinkoo Lee, Patton O. Garriott, Han Na Suh, Bo Hyun Lee, Lisa Y. Flores, Maya Elste, Alan Guandique, Sarah L. Orton, & Chia-Lin Tsai

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Perceptions of the Work Environment across time among Early Career Latine Engineers

Nneka Nwaokeafor

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Traumatic Brain Injury and children's ability to read in Early Childhood Education

Jamal Oakes

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) on Confidence, Motivation, and Self-esteem in College Athletes

Devika S. Panicker & Katherine L. Nelson

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

The Impact of Racism and Heterosexism on BIPOC LGBTQ+ Individuals’ Response to Sexual Violence

Ellyssa Peterson & Sandra Moritz

EHBS

Kinesiology

The impact of menstrual cycle phase on efficacy and distance-running performance

Justin Phillippi

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

The Role of Resilience: A SEM Examination of Sleep, Organizational Support, and Crew Cohesion on Psychological Distress in Firefighters

Sharmin Rahman & Robert H. Stupnisky

EHBS

Higher Education

Addressing Imposter Syndrome in Academia: A Mixed-Methods Study on Faculty Experience

Kevin Read

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Pedagogy and Ideology: North Dakota Teachers and the Young Citizen’s League

Katy Ries

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Working Conditions and Teacher Burn out

Alison Rollag, Amber Peterson, & Akorede Teriba

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Growing into Compassion: Exploring Therapists' Experience of Burnout and Job Satisfaction

Logan Rutten

TLPP

Teacher Education

Unlearning and Relearning: Boundary-Spanning Teacher Educators as Partners in Indigenous Teacher Education

Zachary M. Schultz & Steven D. LeMire

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Collective efficacy and cognitive engagement in academic group settings

Bijaya Shrestha & Dr. Virginia Clinton-Lisell

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Factors Affecting Teachers' Adoption of Digital Educational Resources (DER) in the Schools of Kathmandu Valley

Stacey Skarperud

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Guiding Principles for New Principals: Talking the talk and walking the walk

Ethan Spana & Ryan Flinn

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

A Thematic Analysis Exploring the Intersection of Minority Stressors and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Related Stressors in Early Adopters of PrEP

Krista Steele

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Faculty’s Attitudes and Actions Regarding Student Accommodations in Higher Education

India Stockert & Kara Wettersten

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Understanding Emotional Differences in Interracial Relationships

Robert H. Stupnisky & Martin Daumiller

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Does Faculty Research Motivation Predict Success Over Time? Longitudinal Analyses of Levels, Measures, and Temporal-Ordering

Ryan Summers, Julie Robinson, Min Jung Lee, Ashley Iveland, Rebekah Hammack, & Martha Inouye

TLPP

STEM Education

Impacts on rural elementary teachers after a year-long online professional learning program

Zhihao Tang & Ryan E. Flinn

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Authoritarian Filial Piety, Internalized Homophobia, and Psychological Distress among Chinese Sexual Minority Men: The Protective Roles of Parental Support and Resilience

Sara Tezel

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Alternative assessment for alternative students: Best grading practices to engage students in alternative high schools

Chandler R. Tobeck & Karla K. Fehr

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Bedtime Routines and Nightmare Frequency as Related to Insomnia among Rural and Urban Youth

Matt Torgerson

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Addressing Chronic Absenteeism: A Data-Driven Approach to Attendance Interventions

Frannie Tunseth, Darian Sherva, & Logan Rutten

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Opportunities, Challenges, and Growth: Co-facilitating Practitioner Inquiry as Professional Development for Teacher Educators

Joni Tweeten & Woei Hung

EHBS

Instructional Design & Technology

AI-based Simulation in Nursing Education: A Case in Population Health

Talia L. Vazquez

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Transforming Civic Education: A proposed mixed methods study exploring Gen Alpha’s perceptions of their educational and civic efficacy and values

Lisa Vojacek

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Embracing Wonderings: A Professional Learning Course, Grounded in Practitioner Inquiry

Kristen Votava & Carol Johnson

TLPP

Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Special Education Mentor Lab

Tanis J. Walch & Robin Dodds

EHBS

Public Health Education

Effects of a Mindfulness App on the Well Being and Health of Parents of Children with Disabilities.

Katie Walsh

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

What is the Motivation Driving Parents to Homeschool in North Dakota?

Giovanni Whyte, Celine Mudahakana, & Pempho Chinkondenji

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Refugee and asylum seekers’ onto-epistemologies of (un)belonging: A photovoice study of schooling and integration in North Dakota

Amanda Wilson

EHBS

Educational Foundations & Research

Assessing Non-Cognitive Variables for Predicting Academic Success

Topaza Yu & Rachel Navarro

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Racial Microaggressions and Their Impact on BIPOC Psychologists: Goal- Directed Behaviors, Job Satisfaction, Self-Efficacy, and Coping

Sarah Zacher

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Supporting Native American Self-Efficacy, Engagement, and Persistence Through Peer Mentoring

Maria Zaman, Lisa Vojacek, Sarah Zacher, Naomi McGaughey, & Ryan Summers

TLPP

Teaching & Leadership

Examining the impact of a paid student teaching experience and supplemental mentorship on K-12 teacher induction

Sherry Zeng

EHBS

Counseling Psychology

Childhood experiences, emotion management, and mental health among Asian/Asian Americans

Jessica Zorn

EHBS

Kinesiology

It Takes Two to Tango: Midwest Partnership Mores Impact Adherence to Dancing in the Greater Grand Forks Region