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    Faculty are sorted by name, by area of expertise and by department. Contact Bond Nickles by phone (777-5400) or email for assistance in arranging interviews.

  • Sorted by area of expertise
  • Sorted by department

      ... SORTED BY NAME
    Lora Bailey - early childhood education, parental involvement, home-school connections, homework, math standards, science standards, integrated curriculum

    Mac Brown - early childhood, play, curriculum, kindergarten, preschool, primary grades, child care, families, school renewal and improvement, teacher education.

    William H. Brown - early childhood special education, early childhood education

    Wanda L. Calvert - middle-school literacy, literacy and technology in elementary- and middle-school classrooms.

    G. Nathan Carnes - science education (elementary and middle school), elementary-school education, middle-school education, inquiry, Professional Development Schools, school-university collaboration.

    James C. Carper - history of U.S. education, religion and education, private schools, homeschooling, school choice, vouchers.

    Ed Dickey - mathematics education, use of technology for teaching and learning.

    Kathy M. Evans - school counseling, multicultural counseling, racial identity, career counseling, counseling women, guidance counselors, racial attitudes, race relations, racism, vocational guidance, career development, career choice, career change.

    Bruce E. Field - history education (secondary school), social studies (secondary), teacher certification (secondary history/social studies), Professional Development Schools, school-university collaboraton.

    Nancy K. Freeman - curriculum, staffing, regulatory issues, kindergarten, evaluation, ethical issues (of teaching), play, daycare, child care, early education.

    Josh Gold - school counseling, family counseling, life transitions, disenfranchised grief

    Jacqueline E. Jacobs - principalship, supervision of instruction, rural education, poverty education, issues related to the achievement gap, school leadership, issues related to special education.

    Rhonda Baynes Jeffries - school integration
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    James Kevin Jenkins - school integration
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    Louise Jennings - multicultural education, classroom research, educational ethnography

    John Wesley Lowery - higher-education student affairs, especially student judicial affairs; legislative and legal issues in higher education and student affairs; students involved in religious groups on campus; college students; urban legends in higher education.

    Gary Miller - school counseling, counseling student-athletes, counselor education program accreditation, interpersonal skills education.

    Murray Mitchell - physical education, teaching behaviors, program assessment, safety and liability issues, teacher education (pre-service and in-service).

    Judith Rink - physical education, teacher preparation, standards, assessment, curriculum, instruction, standards.

    Julia López-Robertson - bilingual education, Latino children's literature, reader response theory.

    Michael Seaman - educational statistics, statistics education, nonparametric methods

    Susan L. Schramm-Pate - racism (education and), sexism (education and), classism (education and), curriculum studies, feminist theory (and education), curriculum history, critical theory; qualitiative research methods, integrated curriculum development

    Diane Stephens - reading, reading assessment.

    Mary E. Styslinger - reading, writing, speaking, listening, midd-school research, secondary-school research, gender (literacy and), literacy (gender and)

    Kevin J. Swick - Parent-family involvement, parent education, family literacy, parenting, parent-child relations, family-school relations, service learning, teacher education, multicultural issues in education.

    Stephen L. Thompson - nature of science, how scientists approach scientific inquiry, inquiry-based teaching practices

    Tom Thompson - issues involving the development of leadership competence and organizational structure, evaluation of educational programs and personnel, school improvement, professional development, program evaluation, organizational development

    Eva A. Vadocz - sport psychology; motor development, with specific emphasis on the use of mental imagery as a performance-enhancement technique; role of puberty in the development of athletes, with special emphasis on aesthetic sports, such as figure skating, ballet and cheerleading; use of hand-held technology for measurement and evaluation in physical education

    Jane Zenger - Teacher Quality Collaborative program (for enhancing preservice clinical experiences in Professional Development Schools), elementary and secondary reading and writing , clinical supervision of student interns.

    Richard D. Wertz - Analysis of campus services, outsourcing of college services, business services, privatization.

    Cheryl Wissick - Educational technology.


  • Sorted by name
  • Sorted by department

      ... SORTED BY AREA OF EXPERTISE
    Achievement gap - Jacqueline Jacobs
    Adolescent development - Eva Vadocz
    Assessment - Judith Rink
    Ballet (physical development and) - Eva Vadocz
    Bilingual education - Julia López-Robertson
    Business services - Richard D. Wertz.
    Campus services - Richard D. Wertz.
    Career change - Kathy Evans
    Career choice - Kathy Evans
    Career counseling - Kathy Evans
    Certification - Bruce E. Field
    Cheerleading (physical development and) - Eva Vadocz
    Childcare - Nancy Freeman, Mac Brown
    Children's literature (Latino) - Julia López-Robertson
    Classism (education and) - Susan L. Schramm-Pate
    Classroom research - Louise Jennings
    Counseling (student-athletes) - Gary Miller
    Counseling (women) - Kathy Evans
    Counselor education program accreditation - Gary Miller
    Critical theory - Susan L. Schramm-Pate
    Curriculum - Nancy Freeman, Judith Rink, Susan L. Schramm-Pate
    Curriculum history - Susan L. Schramm-Pate
    Daycare - Nancy Freeman
    Discipline (student) in higher education - John Wesley Lowery
    Early childhood education - Lora Bailey, William H. Brown, Nancy Freeman, Mac Brown
    Educational technology - Cheryl Wissick
    Elementary-school education (science) - G. Nathan Carnes, Stephen Thompson
    Elementary-school literacy - Wanda Calvert
    Ethical issues (of teaching) - Nancy Freeman
    Ethnography - Louise Jennings
    Evaluation - Nancy Freeman
    Evaluation (of educational programs) - Tom Thompson
    Families - Mac Brown
    Family-school relations - Kevin Swick
    Family counseling - Josh Gold
    Family literacy - Kevin Swick
    Feminist theory (education and) - Susan L. Schramm-Pate
    Figure skating (physical development and) - Eva Vadocz
    Gender (education and) - Mary E. Styslinger
    Grief (disenfranchised)- Josh Gold
    Guidance counselors - Kathy Evans
    Hand-held technology (in evaluating physical performance) - Eva Vadocz
    Higher education - John Wesley Lowery
    History education - Bruce E. Field
    History of U.S. education - James C. Carper
    Home-school connections - Lora Bailey
    Homeschooling - James C. Carper
    Homework - Lora Bailey
    Inquiry-based teaching - Stephen Thompson
    Instruction - Judith Rink
    Instruction supervision - Jacqueline Jacobs
    Internships - Jane Zenger
    Integrated curriculum - Lora Bailey, Susan L. Schramm-Pate
    Integration, school - James Kevin Jenkins, Rhonda Baynes Jeffries
    Interpersonal skills education - Gary Miller
    Judicial affairs, student - John Wesley Lowery
    Kindergarten - Nancy Freeman, Mac Brown
    Latino children's literature - Julia López-Robertson
    Legal issues in higher education - John Wesley Lowery
    Legislative issues in higher education - John Wesley Lowery
    Leadership competence - Tom Thompson
    Liability issues - Murray Mitchell
    Life transitions - Josh Gold
    Listening - Mary E. Styslinger
    Literacy - Jane Zenger, Wanda Calvert
    Literacy (family) - Kevin Swick
    Literacy (gender and) - Mary E. Styslinger
    Literacy (technology and) - Wanda Calvert
    Math standards - Lora Bailey
    Mathematics education - Ed Dickey
    Mental imagery (as performance enhancement) - Eva Vadocz
    Middle-school education - G. Nathan Carnes
    Middle-school literacy - Wanda Calvert
    Motor development - Eva Vadocz
    Multicultural issues in education - Kevin Swick, Louise Jennings
    Multicultural counseling - Kathy Evans
    Nonparametric methods - Michael Seaman
    Organizational development and structure - Tom Thompson
    Outsourcing - Richard D. Wertz.
    Parent education - Kevin Swick
    Parental involvement - Lora Bailey, Kevin Swick
    Parent-child relations - Kevin Swick
    Parenting - Kevin Swick
    Performance enhancement - Eva Vadocz
    Physical education - Judith Rink, Murray Mitchell
    Play - Nancy Freeman, Mac Brown
    Poverty and education - Jacqueline Jacobs
    Preschool - Mac Brown
    Preservice clincical experience - Jane Zenger
    Primary grades - Mac Brown
    Principalship - Jacqueline Jacobs
    Private schools - James C. Carper
    Professional development - Tom Thompson
    Professional Development Schools - Bruce E. Field, G. Nathan Carnes, Jane Zenger
    Program evaluation - Tom Thompson, Murray Mitchell
    Puberty (role of, in development of athletes) - Eva Vadocz
    Qualitative research methods - Susan L. Schramm-Pate
    Race relations - Kathy Evans
    Racism (education and) - Susan L. Schramm-Pate, Kathy Evans
    Racial identity - Kathy Evans
    Reader response theory - Julia López-Robertson
    Reading - Mary E. Styslinger, Diane Stephens
    Reading assessment - Diane Stephens
    Reading (elementary level) - Jane Zenger
    Reading (secondary level) - Jane Zenger
    Regulatory Issues - Nancy Freeman
    Religion and education - James C. Carper
    Religious groups on campus - John Wesley Lowery
    Rural education - Jacqueline Jacobs
    Safety and liability issues - Murray Mitchell
    Science education - G. Nathan Carnes, Stephen Thompson
    Science standards - Lora Bailey
    School choice - James C. Carper
    School counseling - Josh Gold, Kathy Evans, Gary Miller
    School improvement - Tom Thompson, Mac Brown
    School leadership - Jacqueline Jacobs
    School renewal - Mac Brown
    School-university collaboration - Bruce E. Field, G. Nathan Carnes
    Service learning - Kevin Swick
    Sexism (education and) - Susan L. Schramm-Pate
    Social studies - Bruce E. Field
    Speaking - Mary E. Styslinger
    Special education - Jacqueline Jacobs
    Special education (early childhood) - William H. Brown
    Sport psychology - Eva Vadocz
    Standards - Judith Rink
    Statistics (educational) - Michael Seaman
    Student affairs - John Wesley Lowery
    Teacher certification - Bruce E. Field
    Teacher education - Jane Zenger, Kevin Swick, Mac Brown, Murray Mitchell
    Teacher preparation - Judith Rink
    Teacher Quality Collaborative - Jane Zenger
    Teaching behaviors - Murray Mitchell
    Technology, use of, for teaching and learning - Ed Dickey
    Urban legends in higher education - John Wesley Lowery
    Vocational guidance - Kathy Evans
    Vouchers - James C. Carper
    Writing - Mary E. Styslinger
    Writing (elementary level)- Jane Zenger
    Writing (secondary level)- Jane Zenger


  • Sorted by name
  • Sorted by area of expertise

      ... SORTED BY DEPARTMENT
    EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICIES
  • Jacqueline E. Jacobs - principalship, supervision of instruction, rural education, poverty education, issues related to the achievement gap, school leadership, issues related to special education.
  • Rhonda Baynes Jeffries - School integration.
  • James Kevin Jenkins - School integration.
  • John Wesley Lowery - higher-education student affairs, especially student judicial affairs; legislative and legal issues in higher education and student affairs; students involved in religious groups on campus; college students; urban legends in higher education.
  • Susan L. Schramm-Pate - racism (education and), sexism (education and), classism (education and), curriculum studies, feminist theory (and education), curriculum history, critical theory; qualitiative research methods, integrated curriculum development
  • Tom Thompson - issues involving the development of leadership competence and organizational structure, evaluation of educational programs and personnel, school improvement, professional development, program evaluation, organizational development
  • Richard D. Wertz - analysis of campus services, outsourcing of college services, business services, privatization.

    EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • William H. Brown - early childhood special education, early childhood education
  • James C. Carper - history of U.S. education, religion and education, private schools, homeschooling, school choice, vouchers.
  • Kathy M. Evans - school counseling, multicultural counseling, racial identity, career counseling, counseling women, guidance counselors, racial attitudes, race relations, racism, vocational guidance, career development, career choice, career change.
  • Josh Gold - school counseling, family counseling, life transitions, disenfranchised grief
  • Louise Jennings - multicultural education, classroom research, educational ethnography
  • Gary Miller - school counseling, counseling student-athletes, counselor education program accreditation, interpersonal skills education
  • Michael Seaman - educational statistics, statistics education, nonparametric methods
  • Cheryl Wissick - educational technology

    INSTRUCTION AND TEACHER EDUCATION
  • Lora Bailey - early childhood education, parental involvement, home-school connections, omework, math standards, science standards, integrated curriculum.
  • Mac H. Brown - early childhood, play, curriculum, kindergarten, preschool, primary grades, child care, families, school renewal and improvement, teacher education.
  • Wanda L. Calvert - middle-school literacy, literacy and technology in elementary- and middle-school classrooms.
  • G. Nathan Carnes - science education (elementary and middle school), elementary-school education, middle-school education, inquiry, Professional Development Schools, school-university collaboration.
  • Ed Dickey - mathematics education, use of technology for teaching and learning.
  • Bruce E. Field - history education (secondary school), social studies (secondary), teacher certification (secondary history/social studies), Professional Development Schools, school-university collaboraton.
  • Nancy K. Freeman - curriculum, staffing, regulatory issues, kindergarten, evaluation, ethical issues (of teaching), play, daycare, child care, early education.
  • Julia López-Robertson - bilingual education, Latino children's literature, reader response theory.
  • Diane Stephens - reading, reading assessment.
  • Mary E. Styslinger - reading, writing, speaking, listening, midd-school research, secondary-school research, gender (literacy and), literacy (gender and)
  • Kevin J. Swick - parent/family involvement, parent education, family literacy, parenting, parent-child relations, family-school relations, service learning, teacher education, multicultural issues in education.
  • Stephen L. Thompson - nature of science, how scientists approach scientific inquiry, inquiry-based teaching practices
  • Jane Zenger - reading and writing at elementary- and secondary-school levels, Professional Development Schools, student-teaching experience, literacy, teacher education

    PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Murray Mitchell - physical education, teaching behaviors, program assessment, safety and liability issues, teacher education (pre-service and in-service).
  • Judith Rink - physical education, teacher preparation, standards, assessment, curriculum, instruction, standards.
  • Eva A. Vadocz - sport psychology; motor development, with specific emphasis on the use of mental imagery as a performance-enhancement technique; role of puberty in the development of athletes, with special emphasis on aesthetic sports, such as figure skating, ballet and cheerleading; use of hand-held technology for measurement and evaluation in physical education.
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