For the Record, March 11, 2016
University community reports books, presentations, publications
9:28 a.m., March 11, 2016--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Recent books, media, presentations and publications include the following:
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Books
Jennifer Scanlon, who earned her master’s degree in English at UD in 1982 and now is interim dean for academic affairs and professor of gender, sexuality and women's studies at Bowdoin College, has written Until There Is Justice: The Life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman, published by Oxford University Press. The book was reviewed on Feb. 23 in The New York Times, which called it a “long overdue” biography of Hedgeman, who was a powerful activist for African-American and feminist civil rights and equal opportunity.
Media
Sheryl Kline, chair of the Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, and William Sullivan, managing director of the Marriott Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware campus hotel, were featured in a Delaware Business Now article about the lodging module, which combines classroom instruction with real-world experience. The story cited the Marriott Hospitality and Tourism Center and the Advanced Learning Interactive Classroom Environment (ALICE).
Presentations
Ralph Ferretti, director of the School of Education, gave a presentation on “A Pragma-Dialectical Approach to Argumentation: Implications for Assessment and Instruction” at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, on Feb. 19.
Roberta Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair in Human Services, Education and Public Policy, was invited to attend and present her research on children’s learning and play at the White House Summer Learning Conference in Washington, D.C. An Ultimate Block Party will be held on the White House lawn in June.
Joseph Henderson, researcher in the School of Education, gave an invited, digital talk to a research consortium on “Sociocultural and Geographic Issues in Climate Change Education Research, Practice, and Policy” for the Sustainability Research Education Institute at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada on Feb. 5. He also served on a panel of experts on WXXI News’ Connections radio show. The show’s topic was “How Should Climate Change Be Taught in High Schools?” During the show, Henderson discussed his research on climate change education and the work of the MADE CLEAR project. With Chrystalla Mouza, associate professor of educational technology, and Andrea Drewes, doctoral student in education, Henderson also presented “Conceptual Mobility: Tracing Climate Change Across Educational Contexts” at the Mobility, Multiplicity and Multimodality: Theoretical Innovation in Educational Ethnography conference at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jim Hiebert, Robert J. Barkley Professor in the School of Education, gave an invited presentation on “Improving the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics Courses” at the Critical Issues in Mathematics Education conference held at Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California.
William Lewis, associate professor of literacy education, and his undergraduate researcher Sean Krazit presented “How to Leverage Graphic Novels to Teach Close Analytic Reading of Literary Texts” at the annual Delaware Festival of Words at the Appoquinimink School District.
Marcia Shirilla, a doctoral student in education, presented “Academic Collaborations with Practitioners to Enhance Student Learning: A Win-Win-Win for Everyone!” with R. Stiefvater at the Academy of Leisure Sciences Teaching Institute in Greenville, North Carolina.
Andrea Drewes, doctoral student in education, Kathryn Scantlebury, director of the Center for Secondary Teacher Education, Elizabeth Soslau, assistant professor education, and Jennifer Gallo Fox, assistant professor of human development and family studies, presented “Evaluating Coteaching as a Model for Student Teaching Using Quantitative Measures” at the 68th American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Publications
Amanda Jansen, associate professor of mathematics education, along with co-author E. Thanheiser published “Inviting Prospective Teachers to Share Rough Draft Mathematical Thinking” in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Educator, 4(2).
Erica Litke, assistant professor of mathematics education, published “What Does It Mean to be Ranked a ‘High’ or ‘Low’ Value-Added Teacher? Observing Differences in Instructional Quality Across Districts” with co-authors D. Blazar and J. Barmore in American Educational Research Journal.
Chrystalla Mouza, associate professor of educational technology, and coauthors M. Herring, P. Mishra, and M. Koehler published a book chapter titled “Developing and Assessing TPACK Among Pre-Service Teachers: A Synthesis of Research” in the Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content knowledge for Educators (2nd edition).
Elizabeth Soslau, assistant professor of education, published “The Dangerous Message Teacher Candidates Infer: If the Edtpa Does Not Assess It, I Don’t Have To Do It” with co-authors Stephanie Kotch-Jester and Ann Jornlin in Teachers College Record.
Philip Goldstein, professor emeritus of English, University of Delaware-Wilmington, has published an essay titled "Philosophical Postmodernism: From Adorno and Derrida to Foucault" in The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory, ed. Stuart Sims, Edinburgh UP: Edinburgh, Scotland, 2016: 145-61.
Peter Weil, associate professor emeritus of anthropology, has published “Ephemera: Typewriters on Parade” in Etcetera, Journal of the Early Typewriter Collector’s Association, No. 112, Spring 2016, pp. 13-18.
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