A team of Ph.D. students in Comparative and International Development Education, together with two other students from the Humphrey Institute (Juliet Lyon) and the College of Continuing Education (Hindolo Pokawa), received a grant of $46,811 from the Office of Interdisciplinary Initiatives in the Graduate School.

All of the students in EdPA are members of the entering group of Ph.D. students for fall 2008. Members of the team are as follows: Christina Kwauk, Soo Kyoung Lee, Ya Liu, Brent Ruter, Amanda Sanchez, Casey Stafford, Somongkol Teng, Tryggvi Thayer, Li Yang, and Maiyia Yang.

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Mary Jo Kane, Ph.D., professor and director of the School of Kinesiology, is quoted in an Orange County Register article "Girls of Summer still making an impact." The article talks about the impact of the victory over the past decade and some of the continued barriers women face in big league sports.

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Categories: Behavioral Science | School of Kinesiology | Tucker Center

Mark Schelske, Ph.D., educational psychology, [Stan Deno adviser] professor and chair of the Education Department and TRiO faculty adviser at St .Olaf, died June 24th, 2009.

Mark passed away peacefully at dawn at Mayo Methodist hospital with his wife Janis Johnson [M.A., CSPP, and M.A., adult education,1984] and family present.

The St. Olaf web page features an article about Mark.

There is also a caring bridge web site.

In lieu of flowers, gifts to the family or to a charity of the donors choice preferred.

Monday June 29
2 to 3 PM visitation
3 to 4 + memorial service
reception following memorial light refreshments and beverages

Eagan Community Center
1501 Central Parkway
Eagan MN 55121

Central Parkway is just a few blocks north of 35E on Yankee Doodle Road
651 675 5550
www.eagancommunitycenter.com

Interment: Private for family

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Categories: Alumni | In memoriam

Stephen Ross, Ph.D., associate professor in Kinesiology (sport management), was interviewed on WCCO News Radio June 24 to discuss the possible signing of Brett Favre by the Vikings. Dr. Ross discussed the positive and negative impact on fans as well as the financial implications for the Vikings and its quest for a new stadium. Dr. Ross will also be appearing on WCCO's Saturday Afternoon with Steve Thomson on June 27.

Watch Dr. Ross discuss the Favre debate on the U News Service.

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Categories: School of Kinesiology | Sport Management

"My Father's Bookshelf," a new play at the Guthrie Theater, used researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Wayne Caron Family Caregiving Center in Family Social Science, to develop a performance piece that educates as much as it entertains. Read the article in UMNews, or listen on the Minnesota Public Radio Web site.

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Nicole LaVoi, Ph.D., lecturer in Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, has been invited to be part of a keynote panel at the Up2Us Regional Conference in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, June 30th. The conference is sponsored in part by the LA84 Foundation .

LaVoi will discuss the role of coaches in facilitating positive youth development. LaVoi is part of the Up2Us Research Advisory Committee and co-developed an Up2Us research paper on "Sports-based youth development for girls", which will be available by late summer.

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Categories: Behavioral Science | MNYSRC | School of Kinesiology | Tucker Center

Bic Ngo, Ph.D., assistant professor and Martha Bigelow, Ph.D., associate professor (Curriculum and Instruction) received a President's Interdisciplinary Conference award from the Graduate School to convene a conference in Spring 2010. The conference addresses the question: What are the epistemological and ethical considerations in research with immigrant populations? It will engage university and community colleagues from a variety of disciplines and interests in consideration of ethics and epistemology in research practices and preparation of future researchers. Participants will focus attention on the possibilities and problematics of research with immigrant youth, adults and community members. The conference emphasizes the implications of practices in research design, data collection, analysis and writing of research that involves immigrant populations. These conversations will include concerns related to IRB as well as those that move beyond IRB.

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Categories: Curriculum and Instruction

In a letter published in the New York Times, Pauline Boss, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Family Social Science, commented on the crash of Air France Flight 447. She noted that the families left with no body to bury suffer "ambiguous loss." Boss, who has written two books on ambiguous loss, noted, "The lack of closure causes families for many generations to ache for proof." Read the letter.

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Categories: Family Social Science

Postdoctoral associate Christine Greenhow, Ph.D., (Curriculum and Instruction), has two featured articles in this month's issue of AERA's flagship journal, Educational Researcher, and two articles forthcoming in the Journal of Computer-mediated Communication and the journal of Learning, Media and Technology related to her research on learning with social media:

Greenhow, C. et al. (2009). Web 2.0 and classroom research: What path should we take now? Educational Researcher, 38 (4), 246-259.

Greenhow, C. et al. (2009). Research on Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0: Bridging Conversations. Educational Researcher, 38 (4), 280-283.

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Categories: Curriculum and Instruction

Abigail Gewirtz, Ph.D., assistant professor in Family Social Science and the Institute of Child Development, has received the Rising Star award for 2008-2009 from the Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle. This award is given to a pre-tenure female faculty member in the College of Education and Human Development who has demonstrated leadership and creativity in an academic area as shown by research, teaching and service. Congratulations, Abi!

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Categories: Family Social Science | Institute of Child Development

Catherine Solheim, Ph.D., associate professor in Family Social Science, says one shortcoming of many high school and college students is that "most don't have good handle on what it costs them to live." In an article in Finance and Commerce, she talks about what she teaches students about managing their finances.

Read the full article: Personal finance tips for grads and other young folks.

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Categories: Family Social Science

The Star Tribune featured PhD candidate Brock Dubbels, who uses video games to teach his middle school students at Seward Montessori in Minneapolis. Through Dubbels' Video as Learning Tools class, students create multimedia presentations on how a game is designed and how players might win. In the process, they work on writing, reading comprehension, working cooperatively, and incorporating technology into their studies.

This summer, Dubbels plans to present at the Games in Education Conference in New York and at the Games+Learning+Society Conference in Wisconsin. He is also sharing his approach with other teachers.

Read the full article: Video games: Play and learn
Photo by Bruce Bisping, Star Tribune

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Categories: Curriculum and Instruction

Former CEHD Dean Steve Yussen, professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Institute of Child Development, has been named editor of AERA's flagship journal, Educational Researcher. Deborah Dillon, Guy Bond Chair in Reading in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and educational psychology professor Michael Harwell join Yussen as associate editors.

Yussen brings more than 35 years of scholarly experience to this new endeavor. In the past he has served as associate editor of Child Development and the Journal of Educational Psychology, as a reviewer for numerous scholarly journals, and as an editorial advisory board member. His own research, which centers on cognitive development, instructional psychology, memory, learning, and reading comprehension in school-age children, has been widely published.

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Categories: Curriculum and Instruction | Educational Psychology | Institute of Child Development

Daheia Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kinesiology, has co-authored an article just published in the American Journal of Public Health:
Melissa C. Nelson, Nicole I. Larson, Daheia Barr-Anderson, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, and Mary Story. Disparities in dietary intake, meal patterning, and home food environments among young adult nonstudents and 2- and 4-year college students. Am J Public Health 2009 99: 1216-1219.

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Categories: Behavioral Science | Exercise Science | School of Kinesiology | Tucker Center

William Doherty, Ph.D., professor in the Family Social Science department at the University of Minnesota, wrote an editorial in the St. Paul Pioneer Press contending that President Obama seems to be forgetting his call for civic engagement by ordinary people. Doherty and co-author Albert Dzur contend that "the administration seems poised to take the road most commonly traveled in health care and alleviating social problems. Instead of 'we the people' tackling problems together, it's starting to look like a version of 'we the experts' leading the masses." Read the full editorial.

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Categories: Family Social Science