Professional Collaboration

My graduate assistantship provides me with opportunities to work with people and departments around campus.

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Past events I orchestrated, conducted and participated in:

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-Graduate Student Professional Development, Summer and Fall 2019

-Graduate Assistantship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship training, Fall 2019

--New Graduate Student Orientation, Fall 2019j

-Research Evening, Fall 2019

-Dissertation Writing and Preparation Workshop, Fall 2019

-Co-taught ET 449, Fall 2018

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Ongoing:

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-Graduate Student Professional Development

-Graduate Student Workshops

-Collaboration with Library for Graduate Student Workshops

-Collaboration with the Graduate Student Association to meet graduate student needs

-Dissertation Writing and Preparation Workshop

-Research Day, Spring 2020

-Research Evening, Spring and Fall 2020

-Transformative Experience Lab, Fall 2019 to present

-UNC & iThrive Game Design Studio Summer Camp, Summer 2019

-InnEdCo Journal Editorial Assistant, 2019 to present

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Scholarly work includes:

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Williams, M. K., & Mellman, L. (in progress). Education Students’ Definitions of Creativity in Education: Developing Common Ground to Embrace Shifting Educational Contexts. Creative Education. 

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Highby, W., Monson, J., Mellman, L., Shawcross, M., & Trembach, S. (submitted pannel). Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students (TLSGS) Annual Conference, "You Are Not Alone: Facilitating a Holistic Graduate Academic Experience through a Dissertation Writing Workshop," Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students. Kingsport, TN. (March 16-17, 2020).

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Williams, M. K., & Mellman, L. (accepted). International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference, "Building Awareness of Teens Lived Experience Through Game Design," International Society for Technology in Education, Anaheim, CA. (June 29, 2020).

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Farber, M., Williams, M., Mellman, L., & Yu, X. (Accepted). Systems at Play: Game Design as an Approach for Teen Self-Expression (2nd ed., vol. 2, pp.31). Journal of Games, Self, and Society. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/index.php/product/journal-of-games-self-society/

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Williams, M. K., & Mellman, L. (2019). Education Students’ Definitions of Creativity in Education: Developing Common Ground to Embrace Shifting Educational Contexts. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 128-133). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). 

from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/208484/.

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Mellman, L., & Bernander, P., The University of Northern Colorado Biannual Research Evening, "Outdoor Recreation Behaviors and Health Status: A Proposed Mixed-Methods Comparative Case Study of Northen Colorado Undergraduates," The University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO. (December 10, 2019).

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Williams, M. K., Mellman, L., & Farber, M., Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA) Annual Conference, "Studying Game Design as a Critical Pedagogy through Mixed-Methods," Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA), Denver, CO. (October 10, 2019).

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Mellman. L., Innovative Education Colorado (InnEdCO) Annual Conference, "Motivation and Creativity in the Classroom," Innovative Education Colorado, Keystone, CO. (June 13, 2019).

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Mellman, L., Bernander, P., & Hamlin, J., The University of Northen Colorado Biannual Research Evening, "Perceptions on How to Improve the Dying Experience According to End-of-Life Care Team Members," The University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO. (April 30, 2019).

-Eaton Easter Bunny hunt, Spring, 2017, 2018, 2019

-Santa Cops, December 2019

-Greeley Food Bank, 2017-Present

-Volunteered at Youth Camp for The Church of Jesus Christ of  Latter-Day Saints, Summer 2018