Faculty Accolades
Kevin Lam. Associate Professor of Urban & Diversity Education, served as guest editor for the journal Equity & Excellence in Education for a symposia entitled “Critical Ethnic Studies in Education: Revisiting Colonialism, Genocide, and US Imperialism.” It commemorates the 50th anniversary on the formation of ethnic studies in the US (Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Native American Studies, and Latinx Studies). Lam also contributed a piece called “Asian American Youth Violence as Genocide: A Critical Appraisal and its Pedagogical Significance.” For more information: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showAxaArticles?journalCode=ueee20
Kevin Lam. Associate Professor of Urban & Diversity Education was elected as an At-Large Member of the Executive Council for the American Educational Studies Association (AESA). It is a 3-year term that starts in November 2019 at the annual meeting. AESA is a society primarily comprised of college and university professors who teach and research in the field of education utilizing one or more of the liberal arts disciplines of philosophy, history, politics, sociology, anthropology, or economics as well as comparative/international and cultural studies.
Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp. Associate Professor of Counseling Education was awarded a certificate of Adlerian Study at the NASAP business meeting on June 1, 2019. The purpose of the Certificate of Study in Adlerian Psychology is to recognize those who have demonstrated a commitment to the study of the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler.
Jerrid Kruse. At the graduation ceremony in May, 2019, Associate Professor of Education won the university honor of the Madelyn Levitt Teacher of the Year.
Debbie Dodge, Dean's Office staff member, received the staff award for Dedicated Service while Tonia Land, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Technology, received a faculty award for Leadership at the SOE Awards Ceremony.
Trent Grundmeyer and Matt Bruinikool received Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor while DeDe Small and Michael Couvillon received Tenure and Promotion to Full Professor.
Matthew Hayden was granted Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor. Kevin Lam was granted Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor and Wade Leuwerke was granted Promotion to Full Professor.
Catherine Gillespie, Associate Dean, just published a book entitled Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of Full Eating Disorder Recovery. It's available on Amazon in paper and kindle version. The book integrates the results of two research studies that Dr. Gillespie conducted, along with her own personal experience and many, many references to others' research. The readable academic book is a rarity but this one manages to hit the mark.
Laura Kieran, assistant professor of special education, and Sally Haack, associate professor of pharmacy practice, have been accepted for publication. Their manuscript, “PRELOAD: A Rubric to Evaluate Course Syllabi for Quality Indicators of Community Engagement and Service-Learning Components,” will be published in the Journal of Community Engagement & Higher Education. In addition, their article has been accepted for presentation at the International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement (IARSLCE) this summer.
In press in March, 2018, Sally Beisser, professor of education, and Chuck Sengstock, Director of Continuing Education, published "Investigating Online Instructor’s Experiences with Constructivist Pedagogy in a Private University. Handbook of Research on Virtual Training and Mentoring of Online Instructors."
Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp, associate professor of counselor education, is the co-editor of a new spring, 2018 issue of the Journal of Individual Psychology, along with colleagues Susan Gardner Belangee and Leigh Johnson-Migalski. The special Issue is entitled "Diversity and Social Justice: Applying Theory and Adapting Practices" and available on Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/38103.
Associate Professors Tom Buckmiller and Randy Peters published an article entitled Getting a Fair Shot in AASA School Administrator. The article looked at findings from a study of university officials' views on the use of standards-based grading in admissions decisions.
