Kathleen Murphy Receives HR Liaison Award
Kathleen Murphy, senior administrative assistant in the School of Education, has been named the HR Liaison of the first quarter of 2009, an honor for exemplary members of UD's human resources team. "I am very honored to receive the award. You don't realize how what you do affects others until something like this happens," she said. Murphy has been at the University of Delaware for 25 years in different jobs and has served as HR liaison for approximately six years. For more on her award, follow this link to the UDaily story.
Bob Hampel Receives Outstanding Advising and Mentoring Award
At the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony held at UD on Friday, May 29, 2009, Assistant Provost Mary Martin presented the Outstanding Doctoral Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award to Dr. Robert L. Hampel, Professor in the School of Education. The award recognizes a faculty member who has made significant contributions to the quality of life and professional development of graduate students at UD, Martin said. Hampel has been an adviser to 42 doctoral students and received accolades from those who nominated him. For more on the hooding ceremony, follow this link to the UDaily Story.
Samanta Lopez Receives Genevieve Gore Young Woman's Leadership Award
In recognition of her work with students and the community at large, Doctor of Education student Samanta Lopez has been selected to receive the Genevieve Gore Young Woman's Leadership Award from the YWCA. Lopez is being honored for her demonstrated commitment to social justice, leadership in her community, and active pursuit of opportunities to empower women and eliminate racism. For more on Lopez's award, follow this link to the UDaily story.
Stanford University Memorializes Work of Richard L. Venezky
School of Education Professor Richard L. Venezky (1938-2004) was a leading expert in the history of literacy and reading. Stanford University has memorialzed his work by creating an online exhibit of American Primers and Readers Featuring the Words and Collection of Richard L. Venezky. This is but a small portion of the resources that the Venezky family gave to Stanford University's Special Collections. To visit the exhibit online, follow this link to venezky.stanford.edu.
Elizabeth Nash Farley-Ripple Receives Outstanding Dissertation Award
Elizabeth Nash Farley-Ripple, assistant professor of educational leadership, has been selected to receive the 2009 AERA District SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award. The award ceremony took place in San Diego on April 14, 2009, during the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Entitled "Accountability, Evidence, and School District Decision-Making," Farley-Ripple's dissertation has also received the University of Pennsylvania's Phi Delta Kappan outstanding dissertation award.
Amanda Jansen Receives AERA's SIG-RME Early Career Publication Award
Amanda Jansen, assistant professor of mathematics education, has received the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2009 Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education (SIG-RME) Early Career Publication Award. This award recognizes outstanding mathematics education research published within five years of the author's earning the doctoral degree. Dr. Jansen received her doctorate in 2004, and she is receiving this award for an article titled "An investigation of relationships between seventh grade students' beliefs and their participation during mathematics discussions in two classrooms," which was published in 2008 in Mathematical Thinking and Learning (v. 10, pp. 68-100). The award ceremony took place in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2009, during the research pre-session of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).
Kathleen Minke Named President-Elect of NASP
Kathleen Minke, professor and acting director of the School of Education, has been voted president-elect of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). She will assume her duties as president of the organization July 1, 2010, after serving a year as president-elect. For more on Minke's election, follow this link to the CHEP story.
Nancy Jordan Receives NICHD Grant for Mathematics Intervention
Nancy C. Jordan, professor of education, has received a five-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to address the development of number sense in children at risk for mathematics learning difficulties. For more about Jordan's latest grant, follow this link to the UDaily story.
Jordan has been fine-tuning a test that screens elementary school children for math disabilities known as dyscalculia. Jordan believes that early intervention is a key factor for instilling the solid number sense that's critical for higher math skills, and, ultimately, for future workforce competence. Follow this link for more on Jordan's discoveries.
Linda Gottfredson Wins APA Award for Outstanding Journal Article
Linda Gottfredson, professor of education and affiliated faculty in UD's undergraduate honors program, has received the 2008 George A. Miller Award for outstanding journal article in general psychology across specialty areas from the Society for General Psychology, a divison of the American Psychological Association. Gottfredson's article, "Intelligence: Is it the epidemiologists' elusive 'fundamental cause' of social class inequities in health?" was published in 2004 in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (v. 86, pp. 174-199). The article seeks to identify the root cause of a phenomenon observed in all modern societies: the generally poorer health of citizens of lower socioeconomic status regardless of time, place, disease or type of health system. For more about the article and Gottfredson's prestigious award, follow this link to the UDaily story.
Pamela Lottero-Perdue Teaches Science Outside the Classroom
UD alumna Pamela Lottero-Perdue teaches science outside the classroom as part of the elementary education/special education dual major program, a collaboration among Towson University, Harford Community College and the Higher Education and Applied Technology Center. Under Lottero-Perdue's supervision, Towson interns are teaching the outdoor program using five stations connected to the third-grade curriculum unit called "The Changing Earth," in which 125 elementary school children gathered at Harford Glen Environmental Education Center got a first-hand look at how the earth is formed. For more on the program and a description of the earth science stations, follow this link to the story in the Baltimore Sun.
ETE Graduate Dana Luff Pioneers Special Ed Inclusion Kindergarten
In a Delaware Online feature story, ETE graduate Dana Luff teams to teach at Townsend Early Chilchood Center the first kindergarten class that fully integrates special education students. For more on Luff's pioneering work at Townsend, follow this link to the Delaware Online story.
Leslie Cooksy Elected President of the American Evaluation Association
Leslie Cooksy, associate professor in the School of Education and the Delaware Education Research and Development Center in the University of Delaware's College of Education and Public Policy, has been elected incoming president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). The AEA is an international professional association of more than 5,000 members who are involved in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products and organizations to improve their effectiveness. For more on Cooksy's election as AEA President, follow this link to the UDaily story.
