Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
for socially responsible practices. Students participating in the teach-in will explore the enforcement of federal and business policies from legal,
economic and ethical perspectives.
Life In the South African Townships
Presenter(s): Olivia M Kellman
Advisor(s): Anthony N Talbott
Political Science
3:20 PM-3:40 PM
Independent Research Kennedy Union - 311
During winter break 2011 - 2012, my family and I visited the country of South Africa. One day we visited the townships in the city Cape Town.
During that visit, I shot a video of what we saw and how the people lived. In this video you will learn about their struggles of poverty and lack of
education. South Africa has recently joined the modern world of technology but the townships are still an issue even after the fall of Apartheid
in 1994, where the national party government enforced a system of racial segregation. However, the effects of the Apartheid are still apparent.
Through my presentation, you will learn that not only is race still an issue, but also the government is not even sure of the number of people that
actually live in the townships. A majority of the children who grow up in the townships do not have basic essentials such as a bed to sleep in or a
bath or shower as we know it. In one case, three different families share one room with three beds and the children have to find a place to sleep
on the floor while the parents of each family take a bed. The people there want the rest of the world to know the conditions that they live in. Here
in America, not many people know the reality of everyday life of the townships in South Africa. What we can do to help is make others aware of
this reality and spread the word.
PSYCHOLOGY
The Psycho-Ecological Systems Model for Engaged Scholarship and Service Learning:
Theory, Research, and Practice
Presenter(s): Alisa B Bartel, Sarah L Bidwell, Haylee Deluca, Kirsten M Kasper, Sara E Mason, Nyssa L Snow,
Laura E Stayton, Anne L Steel
Advisor(s): Roger N Reeb
Psychology
Independent Research
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
LTC - Team Space
The Psycho-Ecological Systems Model (PESM; Reeb and Folger 2012), which was developed to inform and guide engaged scholarship and service
learning research, integrates three conceptual developments: the principle of reciprocal determinism (Bandura 1978); the biopsychosocial model
(Kiesler, 2000) and the ecological systems model (Bronfenbrenner, 1979). The current presentation will describe PESM as well as a current project
guided and informed by PESM, i.e., the multidisciplinary service-learning project focused for homelessness in Montgomery County, Ohio. With
PESM as a guiding conceptual model, a study is being conducted in which professionals in the community as well as faculty members and staff at
UD are interviewed to identify community needs regarding homelessness, with the plan of matching those needs with existing or potential service
learning projects. At present, the researchers are in the process of performing a content analysis of the interviews that have been conducted thus
far. In addition to describing PESM, this presentation will discuss (a) the initial findings of the content analysis, (b) plans for fully developing the
multidisciplinary service-learning project for homelessness, (c) plans for evaluating the project, and (d) current ideas for further developing PESM
as a conceptual model.
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