Education

• Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology, Michigan State University (2004)
• M.A. Psychology, Michigan State University (2002)
• B.Sc. Psychology & Biology, Andrews University (1999)

Biography

Karl Bailey is a Professor of Psychology in the School of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Andrews University, and the director of the undergraduate Behavioral Neuroscience Program. A cognitive psychologist by training, Dr. Bailey's work with his research students on attention and self-control among Seventh-day Adventist young adults led him to the study of the relationship between religious belief and motivation. For the past four years, Dr. Bailey and his students have been working on a large project to develop and refine instruments to study the internalization of Sabbath keeping among Seventh-day Adventists, and to better understand the positive relationship between Sabbath keeping and well-being. Dr. Bailey and his students (along with Herb Helm) also use eye tracking to study watercolor paintings and language comprehension in the Andrews University Cognitive Psychology Laboratory.

Dr. Bailey has taught courses in cognitive psychology, learning and behavior, psychology and the brain, research methods, cognitive science and faith, and the statistical programming language R. He also is one of the leaders of the department’s annual trip to Chicago to attend the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting.

Dr. Bailey is married to Rosemary (Bauer) Bailey, and is the father of Lilianora, and Annalise. When not teaching or researching, Dr. Bailey programs computers and plays the guitar, ukulele, autoharp, and bass (but not at the same time).

Research

Primary Research Interests

Psycholinguistics; Comprehension of disfluent spontaneous speech; Misinterpretation effects; Language and the Visual world; Visual attention as a measure of complex human cognition.

Scholarly/Professional Papers Read (Conference Presentation)

• Helm, H.W., Jr., & Bailey, K. (2013, January). Contemplating the psychology lab issue in an understaffed psychology department. Symposium presented at the 35th National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, Fl.
• Bailey K.G.D. (2012, August). An Adventist approach to cognitive science. Paper Presented at the 2012 North American Division of Teachers' Convention, Nashville, TN.
• Bailey, R., Montagano, J.K., & Bailey, K.G. (2012, May). Gender differences in math and test anxiety. Paper presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Montangano, J.K. Bailey R., and Bailey, K.G. (2012, May). Math and test anxiety across ethnicities. Paper read at the 84th Annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Helm, H.W., Jr., & Bailey, K.G.D. (2012, May). Eye Tracking and Art: A case study of integrating innovations in research in the undergraduate classroom. Paper presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Bailey, R.N., Montagano, J.K., & Bailey, K.G.D. (2011, October). Are math anxiety and test anxiety the same construct? Paper presented at the Michigan Association of School Psychologists. Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Beltre, E., Ramos, C., & Bailey, K.G.D. (2011, May) Predictors of attentional variability on a college campus. Paper presented at the Psi Chi session of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Raethel, A.E. & Bailey, K.G.D. (2011, May) Implicit attitudes of vegetarians and omnivores toward meat and vegetables. Paper presented at the Psi Chi session of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Titus, O. & Bailey, K.G.D. (May, 2011) Personality and visual attention. Paper presented at the Psi Chi session of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychologicval Association, Chicago.
• Bailey, R.N., Montagano, J.K., & Bailey K.G. (2011, October) Are math anxiety and test anxiety the same construct? Paper presented at the Michigan Association of School Psychologists. Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Montagano, J., Bailey, R., Bailey, K.G. & Gundy C. (2011, May) A confirmatory factor analysis of the Math Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC). Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Bailey, R.N., Montagano, J.K., Bailey, K.G.D., & Gundy, C.S. (2011, May). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Newstead Mathematics Anxiety Questionnaire 9NMAQ). Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Ferreira, R., Lau, E.F., & Bailey, K.G.D. (2003, November). A model of disfluency processing during parsing. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, Canada.
• Bailey, K.G.D. & Sorensen, D.W. (2007, May). Array size and the time-locking of eye movements and language comprehension. Paper to be presented at the 79th Annual Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Sorensen, D.W. & Bailey, K.G.D. (2006, November). The world is too much: Effects of array size on the link between language comprehension and eye movements. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Object Perception, Attention, and Memory Conference, Houston, TX.
• Bailey, K.G.D & Ferreira, F (2005, March). Don't swim, hop: The timecourse of disfluency processing. Paper to be presented at the 18th annual meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Tucson, AZ.
• Engelhardt, P.E., Bailey, K.G.D. & Ferreira, F. (2004, March). "But it's already on a towell": Reconsidering the one-referent visual context. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, College Park, MD.
• Ferreira, F , Lau, E.F., & Bailey, K.G.D. (2004, March). A model of disfluency processing based on Tree-Adjoining Grammar. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, College Park, MD
• Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2001, November). Disfluencies influence parsing of garden-path sentences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, Florida.
• Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2001, August). Do Non-Word Disfluencies Affect Syntactic Parsing? Paper presented at the 2001 Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech Tutorial and Research Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2001, May). Syntactic parsing can be affected by non-word speech disfluency. Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Poster Presentations

• Helm, H. W., Jr., & Bailey, K. G. D. (2012, January). Students' perception of the usefulness of a professional conference. Poster presented at the 34th National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.
• Bailey, K.G.D., Bailey, R.N., Magsino, V.J., & Wiedemann, S.R. (2011, May). Factors underlying the free will beliefs of students at a religious university. Poster presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Helm, H.W., Jr., Bailey, K.G.D., McBride, D.C., & LaBianca, O.S. (2011, January). Building a departmental culture of research: Promoting undergraduate student development and transformation through a research methods curriculum. Poster presented at the 33rd National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.
• Bailey, K.G.D., Chuah, M., Siebold, L.C., LaBianca, O. & Bailey, R.N. (2007, May) Cultural background affects eye movements during scene perception. Poster to be presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Bailey, K.G.D., Siebold, L.C., & Bailey, R.N. (2007, May) Believing is seeing: prior beliefs affect problem solving. Poster to be presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Engelhardt, P.E., Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2005, March) Coordination ambiguities in the visual world paradigm. Poster to be presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Tucson, AZ.
• Engelhardt, P.E., Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (November, 2004) Garden Pathing or Syntactic Priming: A Closer look at the Visual World Paradigm. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Minneapolis, MN.
• Bailey, K.G.D. & Ferreira, F. (2004, March) When is a Path Not a Path? Eye Movements and Parsing in the Visual World. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, College Park, MD
• Bailey, K.G.D., Xiang, M., & Ferreira, F. (2003, March). Parsing and misinterpretation in coordination ambigiguities. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Cambridge, MA.
• Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2003, March). Eye movements and the comprehension of disfluent speech. Poster presented at the 16th Annual meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Cambridge, MA.
• Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2001, March). The disfluent hairy dog: Can syntactic parsing be affected by non-word disfluencies? Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Philadelphia, PA

Chapters Contributed to Volume

• Bailey, K. G. D. (to appear). Being humans: Biology, faith, & human nature. In T. Goodwin (Ed.) Biology: A Seventh-day Adventist Approach. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press.
• Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferriera, F. (2007). The processing of filled pause disfluencies in the visual world. To appear in R. van Gompel, M. Fischer, W. Murray & R. Hill (Eds.), Eye movements: A window on mind and brain. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
• Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2004). The Disfluent Hairy Dog: Can Syntactic Parsing be Affected by Non-Word Disfluencies? In J. Trueswell & M.K. Tanenhaus (eds.), World situated language use: Psycholinguistic, linguistic, and computational perspectives on bridging the product and action traditions. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Bailey, K. G. D. (2012). Faith-learning integration, critical thinking skills, and student development in Christian education. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 21, 153-173.
• Helm, H. W., Jr., Bailey, K. G. D., McBride, D. C., & LaBianca, O. S. (2011). Creating a research culture in a small non-selective department. Journal of Psychology, 8, 93-101.
• Sorensen, D. W. & Bailey, K. G. D. (2007). The world is too much: Effects of array size on the link between language comprehension and eye movements. Visual Cognition, 14, 112-115.
• Engelhardt, P.E., Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2006). Do speakers and listeners observe the Gricean Maxim of Quantity? Journal of Memory and Language, 54, 554-573.
• Ferreira, F. & Bailey, K.G.D. (2004). Disfluencies and human language processing. Trends in Cognitive Science, 8, 231-237.
• Ferreira, F., Lau, E.F., & Bailey, K.G.D. (2004) Disfluencies, parsing, and tree-adjoining grammars. Cognitive Science.
• Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferreira, F. (2003). Disfluencies affect the parsing of garden-path sentences. Journal of Memory and Language, 49, 183-200.
• Ferreira, F., Bailey, K.G.D., & Ferraro, V. (2002). Good-enough representations in language comprehension. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 11-15.

Education

• Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, Andrews University (2001)
• M.Div, Andrews SDA Theological Seminary (1994)
• B.A. Psychology, University of Michigan-Dearborn (1991)

Biography

Harvey J. Burnett, Jr., Ph.D. is a fully licensed psychologist in the State of Michigan and is currently a Professor of Psychology and the Chair of the School of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Andrews University. Dr. Burnett was also a staff psychologist at the Andrews University Counseling & Testing Center for over six years where he coordinated the Center’s Substance Abuse and Campus Outreach programs.

Dr. Burnett is the past president of the Michigan Crisis Response Association. Presently, he serves as the clinical director and board member of the Berrien County Critical incident Stress Management (CISM) team that he has been part of for over 15 years. He was also involved in providing CISM interventions to victims of the World Trade Center attacks after September 11th and the Adventist University in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.

In addition, he has worked in law enforcement for the past 22 years, and presently is a police sergeant, assistant emergency management coordinator, Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)/school liaison officer, team member of the Berrien County Crisis Negotiation Team, and coordinates the Community Policing and Behavioral Science section with the Buchanan Police Department. For 18 years, Dr. Burnett served as an elected trustee on the Buchanan Community Schools Board of Education and was the board President.

Dr. Burnett operates a part-time private practice and is the proud father of three children, and grandfather to two.

Research

Primary Research Interests

Dr. Burnett’s research interests include trauma and stress related disorders, resilience, disaster behavioral health and crisis intervention response (including Critical Incident Stress Management), and substance use and abuse. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and has presented on various psycho-educational topics such as emotionally intelligent parenting, child discipline strategies, coping with loss, domestic violence, substance use and abuse, crisis response and emergency planning, family and relationship issues, suicide prevention, critical incident stress, and stress management for law enforcement.

Refereed Journal Articles:

• Burnett, H. (2009). Responding to crisis in the Adventist Educational Environment: A CISM Perspective. Journal of Adventist Education, October/November, 34-39.
• McGarrell, F., & Burnett, H. (2011). The day Bruce threw a chair: Perspectives on classroom management and discipline. Journal of Adventist Education, February/March, 31-37.
• Burnett, H., & Helm, H. (2012). "Relationships between PTSD, Resilience, and Religious Orientation and Practices among University Student Earthquake Survivors in Haiti." International Journal of Emergency Mental Health. July 31, 2012.

Presentations:

• "Understanding Critical Incident Stress Management" at the 2012 Michigan Citizen Corps Conference in Traverse City, MI on December 6, 2012.
• Burnett, H., & White, C. (2011). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Resilience amoung 2010 Haiti Earthquake victims. Poster presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Miswestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. (Poster)
• "Understanding Critical Incident Stress Management" at the 2012 Michigan Citizen Corps Conference in Traverse City, MI on December 6, 2012.

Education

• Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Kentucky (In Progress)
• M.A. Anthropology, University of Kentucky (2017)
• Graduate Certificate in Gender & Women's Studies, University of Kentucky (2015)
• B.A. Anthropology, Fort Lewis College (2009)
• B.S. Nursing, Union College (1992)

Biography

Currently a PhD Candidate in cultural anthropology at the University of Kentucky, Professor Hatfield will join the School of Social & Behavioral Science Faculty in the Spring Semester 2021. Drawing from a four-field approach to anthropological inquiry, she engages cultural, archaeological, linguistic, and biological scholarship to better understand human beings as wondrously diverse social creatures whose interconnectedness reflects God's image in us. Her key objective as an instructor is to invite students into anthropological theory and practice in ways that engage their minds and broaden their worldviews. Through her classes students develop the ability to critically examine the contexts that shape diverse human experiences while fostering a sense of wondor for the many social worlds we live in and among.

Research

Research Interests

Anthropology of Race, Gender Studies, Citizenship & Belonging, Anthropology of Childhood and Youth, Activist Anthropology, North America.

Conference Presentations

• “Church, Churches, and Being Gay: Finding Belonging for African American LGBTQ Individuals of Faith”. Andrews Research Conference. Berrien Springs, Michigan. (2019)
• “Don’t Yuck My Yum”: Stigma, STI Education, and LGBTQ Space in a Birmingham Middle School”. American Anthropological Association – Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group Biennial Meeting. Camden, New Jersey. (2019)
• “Locating African American LGBTQ Youth: Citizenship and Belonging in Birmingham Alabama”. American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings. San Jose, California. (2018)
• “Social Belonging and Cultural Citizenship for African American LGBTQ youth in Birmingham Alabama: A Dialectical Approach to Methodology”. Andrew’s Research Conference. Berrien Springs, Michigan.
• “Morality, the Free Market, and Affordable Care”. Society of Adventist Philosophers Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. (2017)
• “Ethnocentrisms of the State, Youth Sexuality, and HIV Prevention”. Southern Anthropological Society Annual Meeting. Carrollton, Georgia. (2017)
• “Youth Culture and HIV Prevention: Developing a qualitative study of youth and HIV prevention in the Southeastern United States” Andrews Research Conference. Berrien Springs, Michigan. (2016)
• “Marriage: Spiritual Insights from an Anthropological Perspective” Adventist Theological Society Professional Meetings. Atlanta, Georgia.(2015)
• “The Origins of Human Culture: Anthropology as a Bible Based Curriculum” International Conference on the Bible and Science. Curriculum Roundtable. Faith & Science Council. St. George, Utah. (2014)
• “Determinants of Cultural Sensitivity in Middle School Students” Senior Seminar Research Project. Fort Lewis College Symposium of Natural and Behavioral Sciences. Durango, Colorado. (2009)

Education

• Ph.D. Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi (1985)
• M.A.T. Physical Education with Teacher Certification, Andrews University (1980)
• M.A. Educational & Developmental Psychology, Andrews University (1980)
• B.A. Religion, Andrews University (1978)
• B.S. Physical Education, Andrews University (1978)

Biography

Dr. Helm joined the Behavioral Sciences Faculty in 1992. He brings with him considerable expertise in the areas of counseling and assessment. Dr. Helm also worked as a therapist for a community mental health center and in the Andrews University Counseling and Testing Center.

Dr. Helm has published in the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Educational Psychological Measurement, and Psychological Reports. He has presented at the American Psychological Association, American Sociological Association, and American Public Health Association.

Research

Books Published

• Contributer: Many Voices: An Introduction to Social Issues. (2006) Andrews University Press

Refereed Journal Articles

• Baltazar, A.,Helm, H. W. Jr., McBride, D., Hopkins, G., & Stevens, J. V. Jr. (2010). Internet Pornography use in the context of external an internal religiosity. Journal of Psychology and Theology. 38(1), 32-40.
• Helm, H. W. Jr., Lien, L. M., McBride, D.C., & Bell, B. (2009) Comparison of alcohol, and other drug use trends between prohibitionist university and national data sets. Journal of Research on Christian Education. 18(2), 190-205.
• Helm, H. W. Jr., Lien, L. M., D. C., Knox, D., & Zusman, M. (2009). The influence of a conservative religion on premarital sexual behavior of university students. North American Journal of Psychology. 11(2), 231-245.
• Felt, J. N., McBride, D. C., Helm, H. W. Jr. (2008). Alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use within a religious affiliated university. Journal of Drug Issues, 38(3), 799-820.
• Amador, J., Charles, T., Tait, J., & Helm, H. W. Jr. (2005). Sex and generational differences in desired characteristics in mate selection. Psychological Reports. 96, 19-25.
• Freier, M. C., McBride, D., Hopkins, G., Babikian, T., Richardson, L., Helm, H., Boward, M.D., Hopp Marskak, H. & Sector Health Care Affairs. (2005). The process of research in international settings: From risk assessment to program development and intervention. Journal of Urban Health, 82(3), iv9-iv15.
• Sabes, J., & Helm, H. W. Jr. (2004). Is recall rage increasing? North American Journal of Psychology, 6(3), 405-414.
• Hopkins, G. L., Freier, M. C., babikian, T., Helm, H. W. Jr., McBride, D. C., Boward, M., Gillespie, S., DiClemente, R. (2004). Substance Use Among students Attenting a Christian University that Strictly Prohibits the use of Substances. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 13(1), 23-39.
• Helm, H. W. Jr. (2003). Factor Structure of the Beck depression Inventory in a University Sample. Psychological Reports, 92,53-61.
• Helm, H. W. Jr., Boward, M. A., McBride, D. C., & Del Rion, R. I. (2002). Depression, drug use, and gender differences among students at a religious university. North American Journal of Psychology, 4(2), 183-198.
• Patzer, N. L. & Helm, H. W. Jr., (2001) Catagories of Sucess endorsed among religiously identified Seventh-day Adventist Students. Pastoral Psychology, 50, (1), 25-37.
• Freier, M.C., McBride, D., Hopkins, G., Babikian, T., Richardson, L., & Helm, H. (2005) The process of research in international settings: From risk assessment to program development and intervention. Journal of Urban Health, 82 (3), iv 9-iv15.
• McBride, D.C., Freier, M.C., Hopkins, G.L., Babikin, T., Richardson, L., Helm, H., Boward, M. D., Hopp Marskak, H. & Sector Health Care Affairs. (2005) Quality of parent-child relationship and adolescent HIV risk behavior in St. Maarten, AIDS Care, 17, S45-S54.
• Helm, H. W. Jr., Cook, J.R. & Berecz, J. M. (2005) The implications of conjunctive and disjunctive forgiveness for sexual abuse. Pastoral Psychology. 54(1), 23-34

Poster Presentations

• Helm, H. W. Jr., & Bailey K. G. D. "Eye tracking and Art: A case study of integrating innovations in Research in teh Undergraduate classroom." Affiliated Meeting of the Society for Teaching Psuchology, at MPA's Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, 2012.
• Helm, H. W. Jr. & Bailey, K. G. D. "Students' Perceptions of the Usefulness of a Professional Conference." Poster presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the National Institute on Teaching Psychology, St. Pete Beach, FL, 2012.
• Corea, A. (Herbert W. Helm Jr., Faculty Sponsor). Poverty: An Analysis of Attributions and Solutions. A poster presented at MPA's Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting (Psi Chi Poster Session), Chicago, May, 2012.
• Catlin, L., McBride, D. C., Helm, H. W., Bailey, R. N., & Bailey, K. G. D. Multiple Comorbidities of alcohol and drug use. Poster presented at the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Assiciation, Sandiego, CA, 2008.
• Giem, J. N., McBride, D. C., Helm, H. W. Jr., Gillespie, S. A., "Does bonding matter? The attenuating influence of need for adult approval on the relationship between perception of and self-reported subsatance use." APHA 134th Annual Meeting, Boston, Nov. 2006.
• Proctor, D., Williams, A., Helm, H., Cook, J., Whatton, D., & Turk, R. "Attending the MPA Convention from a Student and Teacher's Perspective." A symposium presented at MPA's Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting (Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology), Chicago, May, 2005.
• Williams, A., Giem, J., & Turk, R. (Herbert W. Helm Jr., Faculty Sponsor) Gender Differences in Self-Disclosure through Various Communication Mediums. A poster presented at MPA's Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting (Psi Chi Poster Session), Chicago, May, 2005.

Professional Consultations

• Guilt and shame in Japan: Data provided by the Thematic Apperception Test in experimental settings. For the North American Journal of Psychology (August, 2005).
• Food intake among African American girls: A qualitative analysis. For the North American Journal of Psychology (September, 2005).
• Color and personality: Strong's Interest Inventory and Cattell's 16PF. For the North American Journal of Psychology (December, 2005).

Education

• Ph.D. Psychology, University of Illinois-Chicago (2015)
• M.A. Psychology, University of Illinois-Chicago (2006)
• B.A. Psychology, Yale University (2001)

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Ponce-Rodas became interested in exploring the ways in which religion and spirituality impact people’s beliefs and behaviors while in graduate school. Dr. Ponce-Rodas’ is a Community Psychologist, a field that goes beyond an individual focus to understand and change people and organizations. The ecological framework prominent in the field tries to integrate social, cultural, economic, political, environmental, and international influences to promote positive change, health, and empowerment at individual and systemic levels. Her professional memberships include: Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA); Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR); and Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP)

Research

Research Interests

Domestic violence, religion & spirituality, education, community-based prevention & promotion programs, race & ethnicity.

Master's Thesis

• Ponce-Rodas, M. (2006) “Defining church attendance and examining its effects on the school outcomes of Latino high school students”

Doctoral Thesis

• Ponce-Rodas, M. (2015). "Where should they go for help? Religious women's feelings about different helping resources for victims of domestic violence"

Conference Presentations

• Beard, S., Ponce-Rodas, M., Ryerson-Espino, S., & Trickett, E. J. (2005, October). What do these terms mean? Fleshing out concepts that we use every day. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Midwest Ecological-Community Psychology Association, Saugatuck, MI.
• Benjamin H., Bothne, N., Collins, L., Conway, P., Langhout, R., Ponce-Rodas, M., Schmidt H. (2007, June). Reflective practice in collaborative community projects. Symposium conducted at the 11th biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Pasadena, CA.
• Countryman-Roswurm, K.I., Sabina, C., Cuevas, C.A., Lindmar Schally, J., Ponce-Rodas, M., Diaz, T. (2009, June). Sexual Violence Services among Marginalized Populations: Need, Utilization, Method, and Effectiveness. Symposium presented at the 12th biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Montclair, NJ.
• Njoku, M.G., Jason, L.A., Cole, C., Jordan-Green, L., Miller, T.P., Newbrough, J.R., Dockecki, P.R., O’Gorman, R., Lee Fayter, R.A., Ponce-Rodas, M. (2005, June). The spirit of Community Psychology: Lessons from spirituality. Symposium conducted at the 10th biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Urbana, IL.
• Ponce-Rodas, M. & Blanton, S. (2007, November). Collaborating effectively with stakeholders in our research. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the DFI All Fellows Conference, Chicago, IL.
• Ponce-Rodas, M. & Hidalgo, B. (2009, June). Tailoring our teaching based on the intersections of diversity. Symposium presented at the 12th biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Montclair, NJ.
• Oberoi, A., Ponce-Rodas, M., Jeong, A., & Trickett, E.J. (2010, May). Integrating Participant's Religious Beliefs and Affiliations into Contextually Grounded Research. Symposium conducted at the 82nd annual Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Education

• Ph.D. Sociology, Western Michigan University (in Progress)
• M.A. Sustainable International Development (2008)
• B.S. Behavioral Sciences: Anthropology, minor in Photography, Andrews University (2005)

Research

Research Interests

Prof. Witzel’s current research focuses on visual sociology, and on ways social problems are constructed through media and non-profit advertising.

Master's Thesis

• Witzel, K. (2008) Tourism and Agrarian Reform as Competing Strategies for Economic Growth in Nasugbu, Republic of the Philippines.

Education

• GCert Academic Advising, Kansas State University (2021)
• B.S. Behavioral Sciences, Minor in Visual Arts, Andrews University (2014)
• B.A. French Studies, Andrews University (2014)
• Semester Abroad, Campus Adventiste du Salève, Collonges-sous-Salève, France
• Diplôme de Français Professionnel Tourisme et Hôtellerie B1, Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Paris
• Travel Agent Career Diploma, Ashworth College

Biography

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Erica spent her childhood in Lubumbashi, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) before her family moved to Berrien Springs, MI. Her lifetime travel to almost 30 countries and her experience with living in four, has given Erica a deep appreciation for the diversity and complexity as well as the similarities found in culture variations.

During her time as a student at Andrews University, she studied at Campus Adventiste du Salève, in Collonges-sous-Salève, France, served as a student missionary at Helderberg College in Somerset West, South Africa, and signed up for as many tours as possible. As a J.N. Andrews Honors scholar, and combining her lifelong love of art with her experience and fascination with culture, Erica completed her Senior Honors Thesis on the cultural perception of color symbolism.

Research

• Bradfield, Erica L., "The Diversity of Color: an Analysis of Cross-cultural Color Symbolism" (2014). Honors Thesis. 90.