Conference Presentations

International

  • Bousalis, R. (2023). The Florida Sponge War: Culture, Competition, and Conflict. Session presenter at the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) 16th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies in Athens, Greece.
  • Bousalis, R. (2021). The Oral History Project: Discovering the Community’s Living History. Session presenter (virtual) at the Association of Ubiquitous and Collaborative Educators international (AUCEi) Annual Conference.
  • Bousalis, R. (2021). The Oral History Project: Discovering the Community’s Knowledge, Experience, and Perspective of Events and Issues. Session presenter (virtual) at the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) 23rd Annual International Conference on Education and Research in Athens, Greece.
  • Bousalis, R. (2020). Immigrant Students: Assets to the Social Studies Curriculum. Session presenter (virtual) at the Twentieth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations at the University of Milan, Italy.
  • Bousalis, R. (2019). Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of and Attitudes Towards Social Studies. Session presenter at the 26th International Conference on Learning at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Ariza, E., Lapp, S., Bousalis, R., & Zelden, R. (2018). Not Just for ESOL Teachers: Refresh or Renew TESOL Fundamentals. Session presenter at the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2018 International Convention & English Language Expo “PreK-12 Day” in Chicago, IL.
  • Ariza, E., Bousalis, R., & Lapp, S. (2018). Identity, Language, and Issues of Teachers of Refugees in Malta. Poster session presenter at the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2018 International Convention & English Language Expo in Chicago, IL.
  • Brown, S. & Bousalis, R. (2017). Human Rights: Teaching Refugee Students Through Art. Session presenter at the Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) International Convocation Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Ariza, E., Lapp, S., Bousalis, R., & Zelden, R. (2017). A Survey of Language, Culture, and Classroom Instruction for Teachers of Refugees/Migrants in Malta, Mainland Europe, and Other Countries Who Teach in the Mainstream Classroom. Presentation at the Association of Ubiquitous and Collaborative Educators international (AUCEi) conference in Dublin, Ireland.
  • Bousalis, R. (2017). Gender in a Century of Immigrant Stories. Session presenter at the 5th International Conference on Social Science and Management (ICSSAM) in Kyoto, Japan.
  • Bousalis, R. (2017). Historical Imagination: Solving History’s Mysteries. Session presenter at The International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS) in Orlando, FL.
  • Bousalis, R. (2016). From Peasant to Terrorist: A Problematic Paradigm Shift in Children’s Non-Textbook Literature. Session presenter at the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) 18th Annual International Conference in Athens, Greece.

National

  • Bousalis, R. (2022). The Counterculture Paradox: Commodities of Activism or Activism for Democracy? Session presenter at The Academy for Educational Studies’ Critical Questions in Education (CQiE) Symposium/Conference in Charleston, SC.
  • Bousalis, R. (2021). Living Textbooks: Immigrants as Valuable Sources of Knowledge. Session presenter (virtual) at the National Social Studies Association (NSSA) Conference.
  • Bousalis, R. (2019). Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of and Attitudes Towards Social Studies. Session presenter at the Critical Questions in Education Symposium (CQiE) in Chicago, IL.
  • Bousalis, R., Powell, J., Musgrove, A., & Musgrove, J. (2019). Media and Historical Literacy: Changing the Contexts of History. Session presenter at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) in Las Vegas, NV.
  • Bousalis, R., & Brown, S. (2017). Integrating STEM into the Social Studies Curriculum. Session presenter at the National Social Science Association (NSSA) Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
  • Brown, S., & Bousalis, R. (2017). Immigration Stories Through Technology. Session presenter at the National Social Science Association (NSSA) Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
  • Bousalis, R. (2017). The Revival of Southern U.S. Folk Music Through the Use of Technology in the Social Studies Classroom. Round-table session presenter at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) in Austin, TX.
  • Bousalis, R. (2015). The Portrayal of Immigrants in American Youth Fiction (1880-present). Session Presenter at the 95th National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA.

Regional (State & Local)

  • Bousalis, R. (2018). Integrating and Promoting Technology and Mathematics in the Study of Immigration: Working STEM into Social Studies. Session presenter for the STEMPowered Faculty Symposium at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, FL.
  • Bousalis, R., Ariza, E., & Lapp, S. (2017). Teaching Immigrant and Refugee Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) Through the Use of Technology. Session presenter for the Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE) Annual Conference in Boca Raton, FL.
  • Ariza, E., Lapp, S., Bousalis, R., & Zelden, R. (2017). Issues of Mainstream Teachers of Refugees in Malta, the U.S. and other European Countries. Roundtable Session Presenter for the 39th Sunshine State Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (SSTESOL) Annual Conference in West Palm Beach, FL.