Spring 2012 Lunch & Learn Seminars
February 23, 2012
Partnership between National Science Foundation and University of Maryland University College
March 22, 2012
Established Theory and Violent Female Offenders
May 2, 2012
Implications of E-Books and Electronic Publishing for Scholarship and Academic Libraries
Past Seminars:
Faculty Research Seminars
Gwyn Robson, Ph.D. and Liliana Meneses, Ph.D.
Partnership between National Science Foundation and University of Maryland University College: Research about the mentoring program at the University of Maryland University College
February 23, 2012: Noon-1 pm
Largo Classroom 1410 (Desserts and drinks will be provided.)
Phone Number: 301-985-7663; Toll Free Number: 1-800-888-0388; Meeting ID: 4084
Abstract:
This session will demonstrate the importance of evaluating training using Kirkpatrick’s levels, especially levels one, two and three. Training must be evaluated. Most agencies spend money on level one, but actually training should evaluated using multi-levels.
Bios:
Gwyn Robson received her Ph.D. from American University in Curriculum and Instruction with a supporting field in Organizational Development. Her thesis focused on leadership effectiveness. She received her MA from the University of California (Davis) in Curriculum and Instruction. She received her BA from Sacramento State University in English. She has worked in both private and public domains. She is currently an Instructional Systems Designer with the Mentoring Group and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Academy. She has also worked for Marine Corps Institute, Environmental Protection Agency, Comptroller of the Currency, Defense Information Systems Agency, and Department of Commerce. She was Director of Training for ICODE (software development company) in Bangalore, India. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College and teaches Human Resource classes and advanced writing for business and managers and organizational communication.
Dr. Liliana Meneses is currently the Acting Director of the Human Resources program at the University of Maryland University Center. She has also taught at George Washington University, George Mason University and worked as a school administrator for an international school overseas. She has also worked as a consultant in organizational change and development, as well as developed a graduate Global HRD certificate which is currently being offered in Washington DC, Prague, Budapest, Chile, Hong Kong and Singapore. She holds a Master’s degree in International Education and a doctorate in Human Resource Development. Dr. Meneses’ research interests are around the fields of cross-cultural competencies and global HR, and she has previously worked and taught in South America, Asia and Europe.
Dr. Michele Livojevic-Davis
Established Theory and Violent Female Offenders
March 22, 2012: Noon-1 pm
Largo Classroom 1390 (Desserts and drinks will be provided.)
Phone Number: 301-985-7663; Toll Free Number: 1-800-888-0388; Meeting ID: 2781
Abstract:
According to Uniform Crime Report (UCR) arrest data, women’s violent offending has increased while men’s has decreased. The increase is slight for all violent offenses (less than 1%) and men continue to be arrested for over 80% of violent crime. However, the increase for women is significant not only because men’s arrests decreased by nearly 12%, but because it confirms a trend in an important measure of women’s serious involvement with the criminal justice system. In addition, we have not known if this increase is associated with arrests for offending not typically perpetrated by women, something that this study was designed to address. To better understand women who resort to violence, this research examined: trends and patterns in arrests of serious violent female offenders nationally and in Maryland from 2000 to 2010; the criminal histories of women incarcerated for violent offending in Maryland; and the extent to which violent female offending varied from offenses typically associated with women. Examples: Are these “typical” offenses in which victims are intimate partners or family members? To what extent do established theories on serious violent female offending explain violence by women over the last decade?
Bio:
Dr. Livojevic- Davis earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science from Western Michigan University, a Master’s Degree in Urban Studies from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from McGill University. In a 35-year career Michele has combined applied research with teaching. Her research interests were shaped as Director of Shippensburg University’s Center for Applied Research and Policy Analysis, Director of Research and Evaluation for the Child Welfare League of America, and Director of Research and Technology for Xtria, LLC, consultants for public programs and policies. She has taught for a number of universities including: Loyola University of Chicago, Roosevelt University (Chicago), Indiana University Northwest, Shippensburg University, and Purdue University North Central. She has been a UMUC faculty member since 2004, beginning with the European Division, and transferring to the U.S. Division in 2007. Michele and her husband Robert have two daughters and three grandchildren (twin granddaughters and a grandson). She currently lives in Rockville, Md.
Dr. Clarence Mann, Esq.
Expanding the Research on a 360 Degree Enterprise CSR Audit
POSTPONED: A new date and time will be announced for fall 2012.
Largo Classroom 1390 (Desserts and drinks will be provided.)
Phone Number: 301-985-7663; Toll Free Number: 1-800-888-0388; Meeting ID: 5474
Bio:
Dr. Clarence Mann is the Executive Director for The Graduate School Institute for Global Management. He came to UMUC in 1990 as the Chair of the Graduate School International Management Program. Dr. Mann has served as the Chair for the Doctor of Management Council from 1996 – 1998 and the Associate Dean for the UMUC Schwäbisch-Gmünd Campus from 2001 – 2002. An attorney with 20 years of corporate law practice, Dr. Mann has extensive international experience in the areas of business transactions, strategic planning, group dynamics, and government relations. Besides private practice, he served as General Counsel of Sears Roebuck’s International Operations and as CEO of ATI, and international investment company focusing on emerging nations. Dr. Mann holds a B.A. from Wabash college, M.A. in Economics from Yale University, JD from Yale Law School and a Dr. Jur. From the University of Bonn, Germany.
Stephen Miller, Associate Provost
Implications of E-Books and Electronic Publishing for Scholarship and Academic Libraries: Promise and Peril
May 2, 2012: Noon-1 pm
Largo Classroom 1390 (Desserts and drinks will be provided.)
Phone Number: 301-985-7663; Toll Free Number: 1-800-888-0388; Meeting ID: 0899
Abstract:
The increasing acceptance of E-books in the consumer market in 2011 and new digital online-only publishing possibilities raise important and difficult questions for scholarship and academic libraries. Questions such as how academic libraries should acquire, provide, and preserve E-book resources, the implications of E-books and large E-book collections online for scholarship, how authority and value may be determined for E-books and online-only publications, how and if E-books will displace print books, and how publishers, licensing, and copyright affects the economics of E-book publishing are critical as technology and market forces propel us towards increasingly prevalent electronic texts. Stephen Miller, Associate Provost for Information and Library Services will present on the current trends in technology, publishing, and libraries that stand to affect us in the future.
Bio:
Stephen Miller has been the Associate Provost for Information and Library Services at University of Maryland University College (UMUC) since 2007. He came to UMUC in 2002 as the Assistant Director for Access Services. His background is in digital libraries and archives, and he previously served as the Director of the Digital Library of Georgia at the University of Georgia Libraries, and as Digital Encoding Archivist and Project Manager at Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. He holds a Master's of Business Administration from UMUC and a Master’s of Science in Library Science from the University of Kentucky.
