Ray Briggs, Music, presented a paper titled "Integration of Disintegration?: The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement on the Memphis Jazz Tradition" at the Society for Ethnomusicology's 49th Annual Conference held Nov. 3-7 in Tucson.

Michael Connor, Psychology, presented a workshop,"Issues in Domestic Violence" at the Relationship Training Institute in San Diego, June 13; presented a paper, "Multicultural Counseling: Offering Competent and Professional Services," at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences in Honolulu, June 16-18; presented a paper, "Psychologists in the Community: Programs that Work" at the American Psychology Association Annual Conference, in Honolulu, July 28-Aug. 1; presented a workshop, "Mentoring Fathers, Strengthening Families" at CityMatch's Annual Urban MCH Leaders Conference in Portland, Sept. 11- 13; presented a workshop, "Involving Fathers in Children's Lives," at The Black Child Development Institute's Annual Conference in Los Angeles, Sept. 19-21; presented a workshop, "Elements for Effective Group Counseling," at Hawaii Job Corps, in Waimanelo, Hawaii., Oct. 19; presented a paper, "Incorporating the Multicultural Guidelines for Competent Service Delivery," at Hawaii Psychological Association's Annual Conference in Honolulu, Oct 10-12; was an invited participant at McGraw-Hill Teaching Abnormal Psychology Symposium in Chicago, Nov. 4-7; and was a contibutor to Rough and Tumble Play, Help Me Grow Series, KOCE-TV Foundation in Long Beach, Nov. 10.

Avery Goldstein and Wendy Reiboldt, Family and Consumer Sciences, published an article on the multiple roles of low-income minority women in the family and community in The Qualitative Report in 2004. Goldstein and Reiboldt also made a presentation on the topic of “Early Childhood Professionals Salary: Implications for the Future” to the Western Family Economic Educators Conference held in Honolulu on Oct. 27-29. Barbara White and Goldstein of Family Consumer Services joined with C. Chiricos to make a presentation on “Supporting School Readiness: The Role Of Ongoing Assessment” presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's 13th National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development held in Baltimore, June 20-23.  

William A. Mulligan, Journalism, presented a refereed paper, "Influence of International Terrorism on Censorship of U.S. Media," at the international-intercultural communications conference, Global Fusion 2004: Strife in the Global Village, Oct. 29-31, in St. Louis. The conference was sponsored by Ohio University, Purdue University-Calumet, Southern Illinois University, and the University of Texas-Austin. The Global Fusion Conference is endorsed by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Broadcast Education Association, International Association for Media and Communication Research, and International Communication Association.