IHSRC Program

Start Time

Event / Presenter

Presentation Title

Location

7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Check-In and Breakfast

Public Square Lobby, Public Square Building

8:05 A.M - 8:10 A.M

Invocation: S. Maureen Muir, O.P., Admin Coordinator for Campus Ministries

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

8:10 A.M. - 8:20 A.M.

Centering: Dr. Judith James-Borga and Dr. Dena Alberti

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

8:20 A.M. - 8:30 A.M.

Greeting Molloy University

President Dr. James Lentini

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Keynote Presentation:

Dr. Rebecca Lloyd

“Creating Spaces for Motion-Sensing Inquiry”

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Toby Bressler

"Sweeping IBD under the rug: The Observant Jewish experience of duality living with chronic illness"

Hagan 239

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Florence Vinit

"Some elements of a hermeneutics of space in psychotherapy"

Hagan 339

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Wei-Lun Lee

"Existential phenomenological reduction as an ethical act: As practiced in psychotherapy"

Hagan 006

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Sipes

"Qualitative Research for Nurses Using Interpretative Phenomenology Analysis"

Hagan 020

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenters: Dr. Toby Bressler

"Informal Milk Sharing in the Orthodox Jewish Community: A Phenomenological Exploration"

Hagan 239

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Dena Alberti

"Nurses Embodiment of Grace During the Covid-19 Pandemic"

Hagan 339

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Vibeke Østergaard Steenfeldt

"Video consultations – patients’ and nurses’ lived experiences with a new consultation form in a diabetic outpatient clinic"

Hagan 006

11:10 A.M. - 11:35 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Noella Steinhauer, Dr. Patricia Steinhauer, & Janine Chesworth, PhD Candidate

"Considerations for Research in a Plains Cree Community"

Hagan 239

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin

"Ethical reflection on qualitative research on suffering"

Hagan 239

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Malene Beck

"BODYimPOSSIBLE – A phenomenological exploration of young individuals' encounters in diabetes clinics"

Hagan 339

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Anette S. Solvi, PhD Candidate

"Norwegian Foster Parents’ Journeys Through Unanticipated Foster Child Removal"

Hagan 006

12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M.

Lunch

Student Art Exhibition

Larini Room, Public Square Building

1:20 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Introduction of Panel Presenters

Dr. Linda Silva-Thompson, Dean of Student Success

Madison Theater, Public Square Building

1:30 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.

Panel Presentation: Dr. Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin, Émilie Cormier,  Jean-Thomas Chouinard, and David Lavoie

"Reflections on Suffering, End of Life and Dying: Insights from Humanist and Existential Approaches."

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenter: Yu-Fang Su and Dr. Rong-Bang Peng

"The Lived Experience of Being with Animal —Examples from the cat owners"

Hagan 239

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenters: Dr. Joanna Alcruz and Dr. Mubina Schroeder

"Building Knowledge Together: The Impact of Social Engagement and Cognitive Guidance in Digital Learning Environments"

Hagan 339

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenter: Jacqueline Garvey-Henry

"Fathers Lived Experiences in The Delivery Room During the Birth of Their Children at a Maternity Hospital in Jamaica"

Hagan 006

Start Time

Event / Presenter

Presentation Title

Location

7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Check-In and Breakfast

Public Square Lobby, Public Square Building

8:10 A.M. - 8:20 A.M.

Centering: Dr. Judith James-Borga and Dr. Dena Alberti

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

8:20 A.M. - 8:30 A.M.

Greeting: Dr. Michelle Piskulich

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Stephen Smith

"Crittercal Encounters of a Life-Altering Nature"

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenter:  Dr. Amber McCall

"Exploring Sonder: A Key to Understanding Humankind"

Hagan 239

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenter:  Adamu Isah

"Plagiarism Detection Techniques: Survey"

Hagan 339

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenters: Megan Tucker and Dr. Stephen Smith

"Heeding Critter Calls: A Radical Phenomenology of Intuitive Interspecies Responsiveness"

Hagan 004

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenter:  Dr. Marcianna Nosek

“Grateful for these Gifts: Maternal and Infant Death and Survival and being Cared for by Joyful Motherhood in Malawi"

Hagan 239

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenter:  Sonwabo Stuurman

"Students’ Understanding of Non-racialism and Citizenship Framings as Imperative for a Higher Education Transformative Agenda Based on Inclusivity and Social Justice: The Case of Nelson Mandela University"

Hagan 339

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenter: Kei Dazai

"Exploring how heterosexual psychological supporters position themselves with homosexuals"

Hagan 004

11:10 A.M. - 11:35 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Christine Sorrell Dinkins

"Climate Stories: Anxiety, Grief, and All We Can Save"

Hagan 239

11:10 A.M. - 11:35 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Børge Baklien

"The use of illicit coercion, empathy, and social conventions"

Hagan 339

11:10 A.M. - 11:35 A.M.

Presenter: Shao-I Mo

"A Phenomenological Methodology for Studying the Lived Experience of Subjects with Difficulty in Self-Expression: Taking Autistic Children as Examples"

Hagan 004

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Steen Halling

"Dialogue, Generosity, and Hospitality"

Hagan 239

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Matthew J. Kruger-Ross

"Leaping-Ahead as a Heiderggerian Philosophy of Teaching" 

Hagan 339

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Sine Maria Herholdt-Lomholdt

"Consolation - a gracious gift when death threatens"

Hagan 004

12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M.

LUNCH

Student Art Exhibition

Larini Room, Public Square Building

1:20 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Introduction of Panel Presenters

Audrey Cohen; Sr Dean of Research,

Scholarship and Graduate Studies

Madison Theater, Public Square Building

1:30 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.

Panel Presentation: Dr. Mi Jin Doe and Dr. Teodara Duarte-Quilao

"Pondering the Humanbecoming Paradigm. Investigating Universal Humanuniverse Living Experiences with Humanbecoming"

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenter: Dorte Baek Olsen

"Left to yourself in no-man`s land: patient experiences on awaiting surgery for coronary artery heart disease: a quality study."

Hagan 239

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Donna M. Sowerby

"An Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Special Education Teachers Engaged in Mentoring Programs for Novice Teachers."

Hagan 339

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Ayumi Miyazaki

"Being controlled, feeling uncontrollable: Japanese women's lived experiences of their body and identity in a female prison."

Hagan 004

3:40 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Frank J. Macke

"The Problem of Identity and the Experience of Crisis:  A Semiotic and Phenomenological Reconsideration of Erik Erikson’s Concept of Individuation and Development"

Hagan 239

3:40 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Carolyne Ali-Khan

"Subjective, value laden and still worth the ride: Autoethnography in humanistic research"

Hagan 339

3:40 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Kevin C. Krycka

"Gendlin on Discovery, De-Centering, and Intentional Creation."

Hagan 004

Start Time

Event / Presenter

Presentation Title

Location

7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Check-In and Breakfast

Public Square Lobby, Public Square Building

8:10 A.M. - 8:20 A.M.

Centering: Dr. Judith James-Borga and Dr. Dena Alberti

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

8:20 A.M. - 8:30 A.M.

Greeting: Dr. Joanne O'Brien

Dean, School of Education and Human Services

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Anne Kubai

"Mending Broken Social Fabric and Restoring Communities’ Wellbeing"

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenter: Catherine Huard

"Singing narratives: the power of art in research-intervention with vulnerable migrant children and their families"

Hagan 339

9:45 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Presenter: Hui-Chin Lee and Shao-I Mo

"The worrier: Exploring the common experiential structure of “family blueprint” among young female in Taiwan."

Hagan 239

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenters: Dr. Joanna Alcruz and Dr. Melissa Gebbia

"Enhancing Academic Success for All Students: A Comparative Analysis of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies in Traditional and OnlineClassroom Settings"

Hagan 239

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Lisa A. Lumley

"Exploring The Lived Experience of Significant Other Caregivers Providing Care to Partners Surviving a Spinal Cord Injury"

Hagan 339

10:25 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.

Presenter: Dr. Mary Christine Jared

"The Meaning of Co-Occurring Obesity and Adverse Childhood Experiences for Adult Women"

Hagan 004

11:10 A.M. - 11:35 A.M.

Presenter: Janine Chesworth,  PhD Candidate

"Peace, friendship, and respect as a path toward ‘two-world-walking’: a story of Treaty-conscious research in a Northern Alberta Cree Nation, Canada."

Hagan 239

11:10 A.M. - 11:35 A.M.

Presenter: Eva J Usadi

"Moral Injury and Agency"

Hagan 339

11:10 A.M. - 11:35 A.M.

Presenters: Dr. Cindy Paradiso, Dr. Bernadette Amicucci, and Dr. Reema Joseph

"First Medication Error but the Second Victim: The Lived Experience of Novice Nurses"

Hagan 004

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Endeave McLawrence and Sandra Lorraine Chisholm Ford

"Nurse Migration in Grenada: A Nurse Manager's Perspective."

 Hagan 339

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Samantha Weiss

"To Be Tutored: Exploring How Female-Identifying Undergraduates Experience Tutoring"

Hagan 239

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Idun Røseth

"Access to the lifeworld of others: A phenomenological exploration of empathy in the research process"

Hagan 004

12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M.

LUNCH

Student Art Exhibition

Larini Room, Public Square Building

1:20 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Introduction of Panel Presenters: Dr. DJ Mitchell, Vice President

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Madison Theater, Public Square Building

1:30 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.

Panel Presentation: Dr. Anne Kubai, Dr. Steen Halling, Dr. Claire LeBeau

"How the study of forgiveness has affected us as researchers: Lessons in Humility"

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Reinhard Stelter

"Resonance in Transformative Dialogues"

Hagan 239

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenters: Heather Dawn Silvera, PhD Candidate and Ticia D. McKinney

"The Lived Experience of Contracting STI on Youths' Academic Performance in Urban Jamaica"

Hagan 339

3:00 P.M. - 3:25 P.M.

Presenter: Tzu-I Li and Shao-I Mo

"The study of clinical psychologist’s experience of ethical dilemma: Taking the guardian ad litem in the judicial system as an example"

Hagan 004

3:40 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.

Presenter: Dr. Andrea Morgan-Eason

Hagan 239

3:40 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.

Presenter: Yann Lafleur

"La théorie, c’est bon, mais ça n’empêche pas d’exister. Theory is good; but it doesn’t prevent things from existing."

Hagan 339

3:40 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.

Presenter: Veroina Deslandes

 Effectiveness of group support: Perception of family caregivers of the mentally ill"

Hagan 004

7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.

Gala Dinner

Gatsby on The Ocean, 2000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh, NY 11793

Start Time

Event / Presenter

Location

9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

Check-In and Breakfast

Public Square Lobby, Public Square Building

10:15 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.

Keynote Panel Closing Presentation

Madison Theatre, Public Square Building

10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.

Historical Overview of IHSRC 

Acknowledgment of Planning Committee Members

Madison Theatre

11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

Closing Business Meeting

Nominations of 2026 Conference Host

Madison Theater, Public Square Building

12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Lunch

Larini Room, Public Square Building