Research
SACS COC Summer Institute
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Associate Chair, Dr. Shonda Gibson and Adolfo Benavides, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs attended the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS COC) Summer Institute on Quality Enhancement and Accreditation July 21-24…
Saving Citrus
In the study “An Analysis of the Potential Economic Impact of Huanglongbing on the California Citrus Industry,” assistant professor of agribusiness, Dr. Jose A. Lopez, and graduate student Samantha Durborow conducted an economic analysis of the impact of the disease…
Is This a Dream or Is It Real?
A place comprised of the perfect mesh of the “real world” and a virtual reality created by computer programmers is currently under construction.
Dr. Shulan Lu, associate professor of psychology, and Dr. Derek Harter, associate professor of computer science and…
The Line Up
At nearly 50, Texas leads the nation in the number of convictions overturned as a result of DNA evidence, where 80 percent of those wrongful convictions were, in part, the result of eyewitness misidentification. In the research project “The Influence…
Miracles of the Heart
Dr. Larry Lemanski's interest in embryonic cardiac development initiated his study of the Mexican axolotl, an aquatic salamander with a cardiac lethal mutation that can cause its heart to fail to beat. Through experimentation, Lemanski, Distinguished Research Professor and head…
Detecting Danger
For many people, conversations over coffee are for small talk—the weather, dinner plans, the humdrum details of daily life. For Drs. Nikolay Sirakov and Salvatore Attardo, oftentimes conversations over coffee are for exploring how computers can recognize weapons and assess…
Richard Miller encourages students and faculty to be engaged and be engaging — yes — but, Be Interested
Rutgers University professor Richard Miller poses a question to his audience of literature and languages students and faculty members: “In a world of superabundant information, how do we train students to engage in this world?” By “this world,” he means…
Language of Learning
According to the Texas Education Agency, more than two-thirds of the instruction English Language-Learners (ELL) in Texas receive is delivered by individuals not certified to teach bilingual or English as a Second Language (ESL) curriculum. While demand for certified bilingual…
In Search of Heroes
Taking notes in history class and reading a textbook are not enough for the six original student interns of the East Texas War and Memory Project (ETWMP). They are passionate about learning history through the first-hand perspectives of military veterans…
Thank Your QEP Representatives
The following individuals have contributed a great deal of time and energy into the creation of the A&M-Commerce Quality Enhancement Plan: Preparing Students for an Interconnected World.
Adeyinka Akeju: Graduate Research Assistant, Marketing Communications
Dr. Carla Asbill: Clinical Instructor, Social…
Here On Earth
Dr. William G. Newton—assistant professor of physics—spends his time researching nuclear physics, astrophysics and the connections between the two. He is also a great example of faculty extending a hand to students and inviting them to join the research process.…
Fearless Investigation
When you think of research, you may have a mental picture of a cloistered library, a pile of musty books and the card catalog. But the truth is that even library research is a digital wonderland these days, and research…
Collaboration Featured in “Social Psychology”
One Texas A&M University-Commerce psychology research laboratory was invited to participate in the “Many Labs” collaboration by professors from the University of Florida and the University of Virginia.
Researchers originally extended a call for group efforts via the Society for…
A&M-Commerce Among Most Affordable Online Colleges in Texas
A&M-Commerce ranks No. 18 among “Online Colleges in Texas That Win on Affordability,” according to AffordableCollegesOnline.org (AC Online). Measuring the core criteria of quality and cost in data from sources such as the National Center for Education Statistics, AC Online…
Faculty, Staff Recognized for Research Endeavors
On Nov. 14, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at A&M-Commerce held its inaugural Excellence in Research and Sponsored Programs Awards in the conference rooms of the Rayburn Student Center. The award luncheon honored faculty and staff members who…
A&M-Commerce Honors Alumna Jo Ann Durham
A&M-Commerce and its Department of Art recognized award-winning artist and alumna Jo Ann Durham with a reception in her honor on Nov. 2. The event, which was a part of the university's 2013 Homecoming festivities, took place in the President's…
Working on My Roar: Trying the New Thing
It's been a long time. I shouldn’t have left you without an update, but who knew just how busy things would get around here? With the absence of posts, I'm sure it seems that I’ve gone from working on my…
Campus hosts Author Series
Before reading from his most recent novel, “The Stolen Bride,” A&M-Commerce alumnus Tony Hays tells his audience, “I first came to this campus in 1981. Back then I was working housing. A few years later I came back to get…
Drs. Cheriyath and Kopachena Named National Academies Education Fellows
The National Academies have named Drs. Venu Cheriyath and Jeffery Kopachena National Academies Education Fellows in the Life Sciences for the 2013-2014 academic year. The honor recognizes their selection to and participation in the 2013 National Academies Gulf Coast Summer…
Sarah Northam Selected to Attend ACRL Immersion 2013
Sarah Northam, Head of Research and Instruction Services at James G. Gee Library at Texas A&M University-Commerce has been selected to attend the Assessment Immersion Track of Association of College & Research Libraries Immersion 2013.
“I am extremely excited to…