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.
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.]]>
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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Nicole LaVoi, Ph.D, associate director of the Tucker Center and research associate in the School of Kinesiology, and Chelsey Thul, research assistant in the Tucker Center and graduate assistant in the Physical Activity Social and Behavioral Science area of the School of Kinesiology, were awarded the prestigious Staff Award and a Graduate Student Award respectively from CEHD's Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle at a ceremony on June 16, 2009. ]]>
Dr. LaVoi will be using her $2,275 award to attend the 5th World Conference on Women and Sport in Sydney, Australia, in 2010. Ms. Thul's award of $2,000 will be used to create a culturally relevant East African girls physical activity program for 25 adolescent girls. ]]>
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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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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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.]]>
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.]]>
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.
]]> She is also the recipient of a second year of funding ($10,000) from the Institute for Advanced Study for the interdisciplinary research consortium she founded in 2007 (www.socialnetresearch.org) and involving faculty in computer science, design, internet studies, new media and education. Greenhow will be a visiting fellow (2009-2010) at Yale University's Information and Society Project focused on digital education and policy, and a participant in the Cyberscholars program with Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet Studies and MIT's comparative media program, before joining the faculty of Arizona State University.]]>
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!]]>
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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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
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.
James Hearn, of the University of Georgia, will join the University of Minnesota faculty as an associate editor.
The full text of AERA's announcement is available here.
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Daheia Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kinesiology, has co-authored an article just published in the American Journal of Public Health: