Faculty Accolades
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.
Robert, Stensrud. Professor of Counseling Education, was the keynote speaker for the Iowa Adult Education and Literacy Virtual Conference titled “Expanding Possibilities” on January 30-31, 2019. The conference highlighted innovative techniques in all areas of adult education. Specifically, it provided opportunities for educators to showcase the best practices, particularly the effects of distance education and technology. Dr. Stensrud's presentation, which was delivered via Zoom software, focused on the significance behind establishing a growth mindset and its relationship to learning for adults facing considerable challenges in education.
Lindsay Woodward. Assistant Professor of Literacy Education was elected Program Co-Chair of Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning SIG (Special Interest Group) at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in Toronto.
Jerrid Kruse. Associate Professor of Education, was selected as the 2019 Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year by the Association of Science Teacher Education (ASTE). The award was announced at ASTE’s annual international conference held in Savannah, GA on January 3-5. The award is chosen based on six criteria: (1) Competency in Teaching, (2) Development of Science Teacher Education Programs, (3) Research Activities, (4) Development of Science Curricula, (5) Leadership in Science Teacher Education, and (6) Leadership beyond Science Education.
Laura Kieran. Assistant Professor in the Special Education program along side Dr. Sally Haack, published PRELOAD: A Rubric to Evaluate Course Syllabi for Quality Indicators of Community Engagement and Service-Learning components. PRELOAD is one of the only comprehensive rubrics created to assess service-learning syllabi. View
the rubric.
Janelle Ausenhus. Assistant Professor Janelle Ausenhus has been newly appointmented in the state grant-funded Applied Behavior program. Janelle graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical School and has dual degrees from Drake in Sociology and Psychology. In addition, she did internship work at Blank Children’s Hospital.
Cristine Wildermuth. The article "Condoning Free Loafers: What Do Role, Care, and Justice Have to Do with it?" was published in the
Journal of Academic Ethics. Associate Professor and Director of the Leadership Development program (MSLD), Cris Wildermuth reported, "I’m particularly proud of this article because I’m the second author – the first author was an MSLD student, now alumna, Kaela Phillips. This project was Kaela's capstone research. Kaela and I worked for about a year after she finished her capstone project to actually get it ready, do the inevitable required revisions, etc."
Follow this link to view the article.
Kevin Lam, Associate Professor of Urban and Diversity Education, was invited to serve as an expert witness in immigration court for the state of California on a deportation case involving incarcerated Southeast Asian youth. This work is done on behalf of Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Asian Law Caucus. Founded in 1972, it is the nation’s first legal and civil rights organization serving low-income Asian Pacific American communities—in the areas of immigration and immigrant rights, housing, school advocacy, hate violence, and criminal justice reform.
Bengu Ergruner-Tekinalp, Associate Professor, was invited to serve on the Department of Education Social-Emotional Learning Advisory Team. She was invited to serve on the Advisory Team in order to address the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in Iowa's schools as a component of the School Climate Transformation Grant.
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.
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