May 31, 2007
Professor Mary Jo Kane, director of the School of Kinesiology, has been named one of America's 100 Most Influential Sports Educators by the Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island.
Don Dengel, associate professor of kinesiology, recently published an article with Robert Scott and Chris Kaufman, two former Kinesiology graduate students.
Scott R.M., Kaufman C.L. & Dengel D.R.: The impact of chiropractic adjustments on intracranial blood flow: A pilot study.Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, 1-8, May 21, 2007.
May 30, 2007
Dante Cicchetti, professor of child development and psychiatry, has several recent and upcoming publications.
Professor Theodore Lewis (work and human resource education), gave a graduate seminar at Tufts University's Center for Engineering Educational Outreach on May 7, titled "Technology Education: The Challenge of Representing Engineering Knowledge in the Schools." This presentation was part of a series in which speakers from the national community are invited based on graduate students' requests.
Betty Jo Johnson, executive assistant in the College's external relations office, remembers the beginning of Civil Service/Bargaining Unit (CS/BU) Day in this UMNews article. The ninth annual CS/BU Day will be held on June 6, 2007.
Professor Cynthia Lewis (curriculum and instruction) recently published a co-edited book. Reframing Sociocultural Research on Literacy: Identity, Agency, and Power articulates and develops the argument that new directions in sociocultural theory are needed in order to address important issues of identity, agency, and power that are central to understanding literacy research and literacy learning as social and cultural practices. The book has been nominated for the Edward Fry Book Award from the National Reading Conference. The award winner will be announced in November of 2007.
Theodore Lewis, professor in the Department of Work and Human Resource Education, was the keynote speaker at the Faculty of Humanities and Schools of Education Biennial Conference held at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, May 23-26. The title of Lewis' speech was "Transforming Education in the Caribbean: Are We Ready for Change?" Lewis also presented a paper titled "Reconceptualizing Vocational Education and Training in Caribbean Schooling" at this conference.
May 29, 2007
Professor Joan Garfield (educational psychology) received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE). The award was presented to her on May 18 at the U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics, held at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The award is for “timeless and continuing contributions to the improvement of statistics education."
Sunny Hansen, professor emerita of educational psychology, was profiled in the spring 2007 issue of the Journal of Counseling and Development. Links to full-text copies of the article are available here for University users.
Earlier this year, Gary McLean, professor of work and human resource education, presented the 2007 CEHD Alumni Society's Distinguished International Alumni award to Ahmad Ajarimah (Ph.D., '98) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
In a recent Star Tribune article, Professor Emerita Pauline Boss (family social science) comments on the rising popularity of roadside memorials to commemorate traffic fatalities.
Rayla Allison, kinesiology lecturer, is featured in a Minnesota Women's Press article on Foundation IX, a local group of women who want all girls to have access to playing sports. Allison sits on the board of Foundation IX.
May 24, 2007
Calling all parents: Harris Programs Director Marti Erickson (Center for Early Education and Development) has tips for talking with children about sex. Go to WCCO-TV to watch Erickson's interview online.
Keith Russell, associate professor of Kinesiology, has been awarded tenure. Congratulations Keith!
Jürgen Konczak in the Department of Kinesiology has been promoted to full professor from associate professor. Congratulations, Jürgen!
Professor James R. Stone III (WHRE), along with researchers from other universities, conducted the symposium “The Role of CTE in Achieving the Goals of No Child Left Behind" at the 2007 American Educational Research Association meeting.
Jürgen Konczak, professor of kinesiology, recently published the following co-authored articles.
Associate professors Michael Goh and Kay Herting Wahl; graduate students Julie Koch and Annette Brisett; and alumna Eunju Yoon, all from the Department of Educational Psychology, published “Working with immigrant students in schools: The role of school counselors in building cross-cultural bridges" in the April 2007 issue of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 35, 66-79.
Associate Professor Michael Goh and graduate students Dan Hess and Pahoua Yang (all from the Department of Educational Psychology) presented a symposium entitled “Vim Dab Neeb Los Tshoj: Traditional and Non-Traditional Explanations of a Hmong-American Man in Distress" at the Annual Teachers’ College Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education.
Assistant Professor Aaron Doering (Curriculum and Instruction) gave the keynote speech at the meeting of the Computer and Internet Applications in Education Special Interest Group at the 2007 American Educational Research Association conference. The presentation, entitled “GoNorth! An American adventure goes global!" focused on his adventure learning programs.
Don Dengel, associate professor of kinesiology, recently published the following co-authored articles.
Bic Ngo, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, is co-editor of Six Lenses for Anti-Oppressive Education: Partial Stories, Improbable Conversations, recently published by Peter Lang Publishers. The book offers a variety of resources for elementary and secondary educators and teacher educators interested in exploring new and innovative ways to challenge racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, and other forms of oppression in the classroom.
William Turner, professor of family social science, has been awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship, to begin September 1. The fellowship allows Turner to work in Washington, D.C. for a year with federal agencies and legislators on health policy matters, and then return to the University to pursue his own work in health policy.
In March graduate student Pa Nhia Yang (Family Social Science) was inducted into the Phi Upsilon Omicron Honors Society. The society honors academic excellence in family and consumer sciences.
A grant was awarded to Professor Esther Wattenberg (School of Social Work) for a statewide forum to discuss findings from an exploratory study of “Child Welfare Issues in Immigrant Families."
Christopher Watson, director of professional development in the Center for Early Education and Development, earned his Ph.D. in educational psychology this spring. The title of his dissertation is “Distance Education for Early Childhood Professionals: Effectiveness of Online Instruction in Social Emotional Development and Challenging Behavior.�
James R. Stone III, shown right, and Research Associate Oscar A. Aliaga (WHRE) are listed in the National Longitudinal Surveys annotated bibliography for their work with the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. They conduct continued research on the impact of career and technical education on students’ school experience. The National Longitudinal Surveys are conducted by the Bureau of Labor of Statistics in the US Department of Labor.
Cathy Solheim, associate professor of family social science, has been named Chair of the International Section of National Council of Family Relations.
Christie Pelzer, an undergraduate student in the School of Kinesiology, has been granted an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) award for $1,700. The UROP award will fund her summer Honors Project “The Effects of Target Size on Postural Activity in Social Coordination.�
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Tucker Center Associate Director Nicole LaVoi , shown right, and kinesiology graduate student Chelsey Rodd have received a research grant from the Melpomene Institute for Women’s Health for a project entitled "Unequal Opportunities, Unequal Outcomes: Reducing Physical Inactivity in Populations of Ethnic Minority Girls." This project aims to forge new connections and create synergy among U of M researchers, the Tucker Center for Girls & Women in Sport, The Melpomene Institute, and community members and organizations in the Twin Cities metro area.
Jens Omli, a Ph.D. kinesiology student, is the winner of the 2007 Eloise M. Jaeger Scholarship for Students in the Tucker Center award. The $2,000 scholarship was established by Dr. Eloise Jaeger, former Director of the School, to provide opportunities for students to meet their educational and career goals.
May 23, 2007
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Randy Moore, professor of postsecondary teaching and learning, was a recipient of the 2006 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's Minnesota Professor of the Year Award. The award recognizes professors for their influence on teaching and their outstanding commitment to teaching undergraduate students.
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Na’im Madyun, assistant professor of postsecondary teaching and learning, was invited to serve in a two-year position on the editorial board of Education and Urban Society, a journal for communicating new knowledge on educational processes, controversies, research, and policy.
Moosung Lee, a graduate student in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration, was a winner of the Office of International Programs’ International Pre-Dissertation and Small Grants Competition. This award will support Lee’s scholarly work in Germany.
Graduate student Sara Lassig (Family Social Science) has been awarded the Bloedow Scholarship as an outstanding graduate student in the field of gerontology. The award was presented by the Minnesota Gerontological Society.
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Jürgen Konczak, professor of kinesiology, received approval for a subcontract with Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation. The subcontract is a Small Business Innovation Research Grant funded by the National Institutes of Health. Professor Konczak’s project is titled “Novel System for Electromyography Instrumentation� and will run from March 2007 to March 2009.
Graduate student Chris Gonzales (Family Social Science) has recently been named Student and New Professional Office for the Religion and Family Life section of the National Council on Family Relations.
Michele Fallon, Center for Early Education and Development staff member and clinical director of the Baby's Space Partnership project, has received the Advocate of the Year Award from the Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention, and Parenting. This award is honors an individual, policy maker, or agency who has provided leadership in support of policies or legislation affecting adolescent sexual health, adolescent pregnancy prevention, and/or adolescent parent support.
Marti Erickson, director of the Harris Programs in the Center for Early Education and Development, presented a keynote address in Newark, New Jersey at the Building Family Success in New Jersey conference (with Byron Egeland of the Institute of Child Development). Marti was also the visiting scholar and keynote presenter for the Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents, and delivered the keynote address at the Family Support and Intervention Conference in Potsdam, Germany.
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Aaron Doering, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, received a $150,000 grant from the National Geographic Society for his project Learning Geography through Geospatial Technologies. Through this project, an online course will be developed on ways pre- and in-service K-16 teachers can effectively teach geography using a range of geospatial technologies. Although the course will be completely online, it will also be designed to be delivered in a hybrid (online and face-to-face) environment as well. Doering also received a $145,000 grant from the Best Buy Children’s Foundation for his adventure learning project, GoNorth! This grant supports the current phase of this program, GoNorth! Chukotka 2007, an adventure learning program focused on the region of Chukotka, Russia.
Dante Cicchetti, professor in the Institute of Child Development and Department of Psychiatry, has won a Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology from Division 7 of the American Psychological Association. The award recognizes individuals who have had substantial impact on the field of developmental psychology by their mentoring of young scholars.
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Oscar A. Aliaga, research associate in the Department of Work and Human Resources, presented the paper “The impact of career and technical education on dropouts," co-authored with Professor James R. Stone III (WHRE), shown right, at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AREA) in Chicago. Both were awarded the Outstanding Research Paper award by the AERA Career and Technical Education Special Interest Group for this paper.
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