Dr. Eduardo Duran. Photo from the Billings Gazette.
Nearly 250 Bemidji State University students representing a broad range of academic disciplines will share the results of their academic research research as part of BSU’s 17th annual Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Conference on April 6.
The conference begins at 9 a.m. when student presentations begin in Hagg-Sauer Hall and poster displays in Memorial Hall are open. Students will be at their posters for one hour beginning at 10:30 a.m., and the conference breaks for lunch and the keynote address at 11:30 a.m. Student presentations in Hagg-Sauer Hall resume at 1:30 p.m. and will last until the conference concludes at 2:50 p.m.
All activities during the Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Conference are free and open for everyone.
Nearly 80 students will give 64 presentations in Hagg-Sauer Hall throughout the day, exploring topics such as whether ecological stress is having a negative impact on quality of life and employment in Illinois, use of artificial waterfowl nesting structures in Beltrami County, American Indian students and their transitions into college, a study of workplace civility, and a debate on nationalism.
More than 70 posters will be on display in Memorial Hall, representing the work of more than 160 students. Some poster topics include the relationship between diabetes and poverty, revenue forecasts for Amazon and the effects of stress on a college student’s alcohol consumption.
A complete list of presenters and presentation topics is available on the conference’s website.
Dr. Roberto Duran, a Montana-based psychologist who is a nationally renowned expert on social and historical trauma, will give the conference’s keynote address at noon. Duran’s research has helped guide treatment for addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and other veterans’ issues, violence, chronic illness, liberation psychology and historical trauma.
Duran’s 2006 book, “Healing the Soul Wound: Counseling with American Indians and Other Native Peoples,” explores case material and his own clinical experience to provide a framework for counselors who work with Native people. Through that framework, Duran provides strategies for dealing with issues that are common in Native communities including substance abuse, historical and intergenerational trauma and internalized oppression.
Contact
• Dr. Angela Fournier, associate professor of psychology, Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Conference coordinator; (218) 755-2530, afournier@bemidjistate.edu
Links
• Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Conference