About Our People
Mark David Hall (Politics) served as an organizer and chair of a roundtable panel on “Burwell v. Hobby Lobby†at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association Convention in Washington, D.C., last week. Mark was also a participant on the Christians in Political Science panel at the convention, discussing the integration of faith and teaching/scholarship.
Jan Lefebvre (Development) and husband Gerry spent July 30 through Aug. 11 in Grand Goave, Haiti, with Lifeline Christian Mission. While Gerry supervised construction and maintenance projects (including the building of two homes), Jan was blessed to make many home visits in town and oversee nutrition and clothing distribution while also sharing the love of Jesus through devotions.
Kevin T. Jones (Department of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts) published an article, “At-Risk Students and Communication Skill Deficiencies: A Preliminary Study,†in the International Journal of Education and Human Development, due out in October. The article presents Kevin’s findings of a yearlong study of at-risk high school students tested for communication skill deficiencies. The at-risk student group was found to score well below national normative means in general areas of communication competencies. Curriculum was designed and taught to address the deficiencies with the intent of pulling the at-risk students out of the at-risk category. The study is still ongoing and more articles are anticipated.