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College of Education
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
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 .
James Kevin Jenkins - school integration .
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.
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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
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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