Cope scholarship celebration3

Texas Woman’ s University

College of Professional Education

A Celebration of Scholarship

Professional Research, Publications, Presentations and

Honors

November, 2014

Dr. Katie Rose Amy Johnson (Student)

Family Sciences

“Decision Making About Non-Parental Care by Fathers: What is Important to Fathers in a Non-Parental Child Care Program?”Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Human Development, Austin, TX.

Presentation

Dr. Jennifer RicheySchool of Library & Information Studies

“School Librarians' Experiences with Evidence Based Library and Information Practice,” School Library Research.

"EBLIP: How You Know, Where You Go, and What You Show." School Library Monthly.

Journal Articles

Dr. Mandy StewartBilingual Education

Journal Article “Social networking, workplace, and entertainment literacies: The out-of-school literate lives of newcomer Latina/o adolescents,” Literacy Research & Instruction.

Dr. Allison BricenoReading

Clarifying and Codifying the Instrumento de Observación for Descubriendo la Lectura. Full-day preconference session. Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA) Teacher Leader Institute, Jun, 2014.

Instructional Implications of Teaching Emergent Literacy in Spanish, 2014 Billie J. Askew Reading Recovery and K-6 Literacy Institute.

Presentations

Dr. Sarah WoodsFamily Sciences

“Relational Discord in Urban Primary Care: Prevalence Rates and Psychiatric Comorbidities,” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.

"The Biobehavioral Family Model: Testing Social Support as an Additional Exogenous Variable." Family Process, funded by a new faculty REP grant.

Journal Articles

“A Systemic Review of the Literature on the Role of the Partner of the Sex Addict, Treatment Models, and a Call for Research for Systems Theory Model in Treating the Partner,” Sexual Addictions and Compulsivity.

Dr. Linda Brock Greta Hentsch-Cowles (Student)

Family Sciences

Journal Article

Dr. Melinda Cowart Dr. Gina Anderson

Teacher Education

Book (Eds.): Professional practice in diverse settings: Attitudes and dispositions that facilitate

success. Arlington, VA: Canh Nam Publishers, Inc.

Dr. Sylvia VardellSchool of Library & Information Studies

Children’s literature in action: A librarian’s guide (second edition). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. (Major textbook for children's literature courses nation-wide).

The poetry Friday anthology for science. Princeton, NJ: Pomelo Books.

Poetry aloud here 2: Sharing poetry with children (second edition). Chicago, IL: American Library Association.

Three books published in 2014

Dr. Carol PerrymanSchool of Library & Information Studies

Research: “Medical Librarians and the Application of Research Related Activities.” Study involving health librarians in North Texas.

Intervention: Bloom where you’re planted: Student use of a tool designed for the evaluation of research and non-research information.

Dr. Pedro BlancoDr. Joel Muro

Family Sciences

Introducing service-learning research to master’s level counseling students as a way of enhancing their overall educational experience, presented at the Texas Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Mid-Winter Conference Austin, TX

Presentation

Dr. Mandy StewartTeacher Education

Teaching high school refugee students as part of a Research Enhancement Program (REP) grant.


"Do You Hear What I Hear? Questioning the Legitimacy of Audiobooks as 'Reading' Material." International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Satellite Conference, Libraries for Children & Young Adults Section with School Libraries Section, Paris, France.

Presentation


“Instructional practices for academic language development in Spanish and English in a hyper-segregated dual immersion program,” Journal of Bilingual Education Research and Instruction.

Journal Article

Kidenda-Ombura (Student)Family Sciences

Presentation

“Cultural Competence in Schools”Regional Conference.

Dr. Judi MoreillonSchool of Library & Information Studies

“Putting the pieces together: Connecting to the Core through coteaching curriculum standards.” Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and teachers designing teaching for learning (pp. 49-66). Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited.

Journal Article“Educating preservice school librarians for the instructional partner role: An exploration into university curricula.” School Library Research.

Book Chapter

Dr. Gina Anderson Teacher Education

“Discussions in a Socrates café: implications for critical thinking in teacher education,” Action in Teacher Education.

“Conversations in Socrates café: Scaffolding critical thinking via Socratic questioning and dialogues,” New Horizons for Learning.

Journal Articles

Dr. Melissa McInnis BrownFamily Sciences

“Relations between Fantasy Orientation and Emotion Regulation in Preschool,” Early Education and Development.

Journal Article

Dr. Brigitte VittrupDr. Sharla Snider

Dr. Katie RoseJackie Rippy (Student)

Family Sciences

“Parental perceptions of the role of media and technology in their young children’s lives” (in press). Journal of Early Childhood Research.

Journal Article

Dr. Pedro J. BlancoFamily Sciences

“Gift Giving and Receiving in Child-Centered Play Therapy: An Ethical Response,” Journal of Humanistic Counseling.

Journal Article

Dr. Connie BriggsReading

Recipient of the 2014 Al Mazurkiewicz Service Award from the national Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER).

Dr. Lamar MuroFamily Sciences

Presentation on research findings on accurate empathy at the 2014 Imago Relationships International conference in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Peggy MaloneDr. Sarah McMahan

Teacher Education

Awarded the 2013-2014 CREATE School-University Partnership Grant for their project “A Field Experience Partnership for Enhancing Teacher Candidate Success.” This study examined the impact of structured and non-structured field experiences on the student teaching semester.

Lena Jackson-Lynch Family Sciences

Doctoral student in Family Sciences, named the 2015 Virginia Chandler Dykes College of Professional Education Scholar.

Dr. Kathleen KyzarSpecial Education

“Family-professional partnerships: An examination of definitions within early childhood and special education,” presented at the Division of Early Childhood National Conference in St. Louis.

Elected Vice-President of the Texas Council for Exceptional Children and Treasurer of the Texas Division of Early Childhood.

Dr. Sarah McMahanTeacher Education

Served as the Chair for the American Educational Research Association Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG during 2010-2013.


Dr. Ryan HollimanFamily Sciences

Playing for Academic Success: Exploring the Impact of School Based Play Therapy with Academic Achievement. American Counseling Association.

Enriching Counseling Student's Educational Experience by Incorporating Service-learning Research. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

Presentations

Dr. Joyce ArmstrongFamily Sciences

Named Professional of the Year Award at the Parent Educator Institute: Connecting with Families, sponsored by the Texas Association of Parent Educators.

Dr. Shann Hwa (Abraham) HwangFamily Sciences

“Family Life Education with Asian Immigrant Families,” Family Life Education with Diverse Populations.

“Family Policies in Taiwan: Development, Implementation, and Assessment,” (pp. 273-287). In M. Robila (Ed). Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe.

Book Chapters

Cindy Estrada (Student)Family Sciences

Article published in the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences – Texas Action newsletter

Dr. Ryan HollimanFamily Sciences

1. Apple for teacher: How play therapists can partner with educators. 2. Back to the drawing board: Drawing as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Texas Association of Play Therapy. Austin, TX

Mental health detectives: Getting to the bottom of diagnosing ADHD. Texas Counseling Association.

Presentations

Dr. Laura Trujillo-JenksEducational Leadership

2014 G. Ann Uhlir Fellowship in Higher Education Administration.

Best Teachers Institute-Ken Bain, selected faculty, 2014, Texas Woman’s University, Office of Teaching and Learning with Technology.

Dr. Sarah McMahanTeacher Education

Received the TWU Award for Distinction in Teaching at the 2014 Honors Convocation. This award is reserved for an individual who displays excellence in Teaching and Learning.

Dr. Pedro BlancoDr. Ryan Holliman

Family Sciences

Journal Article

“Honoring the person within the child: Meeting the needs of children through child-centered play therapy.” The Person-Centered Journal.20, 80-103.

Dr. Becky FredricksonDr. Sarah McMahan

Teacher Education

Selected as Finalists for the State of Texas Coordinating Board STAR award for their work in developing a community reading program with ATPE and Barnes and Noble of Denton.

Dr. Ling Hwey JengSchool of Library & Information Studies

Honored by the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) with its 2014 Award for Professional Contribution to Library and Information Science Education.

Dr. Ludovic SourdotTeacher Education

“Howard Dean.” Collective Memory Project. Center for Presidential History. Southern Methodist University.

Article

Dr. Connie BriggsReading

Effective Reading Strategies Implemented by Teachers of Children Living in Poverty, examine the strategies and insights from successful teachers of children living in poverty based upon a two year research study.

Dr. Holly Hansen-ThomasTeacher Education

“What types of resources can mathematics teachers who have ELLs/emergent bilinguals in their classes use to meaningfully engage these learners with the language demands of the CCSS.” In Common Core and ELLs/Emergent Bilinguals: A Guide for All Educators .

“Is Mathematics a universal language or a foreign language for English language learners?” TESOL Research Briefs.

Journal Articles

Dr. Sylvia VardellSchool of Library & Information Studies

The Scholastic Library Publishing Award from the American Library Association given annual to a library

whose “unusual contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by children and young people”

exemplifies achievement in the profession.

Dr. Ryan HollimanDr. Joel Muro

Family Sciences

Reaching underserved couples: Supporting Dallas through imago relationship therapy and education. Presented at the conference of the Texas Counseling Association. Dallas, TX.

Dr. Sharla SniderTara Reynolds-Blakenship

Family Sciences

Presentation

Lessons learned: Exploring iPad use in one Kindergarten classroom (September 2014). Presentation to the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children.

Dr. S.H. (Abraham) HwangFamily Sciences

Presentations

An Alternative Analytical Framework for Explaining Disparities in Immigrant Health Service Utilization,. Presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting.Is there a relationship between African American and Latino fathering behaviors and childhood obesity? Presented at the National Council on Family Relations Conference.

Dr. Carol PerrymanSchool of Library & Information Studies

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supported by the Experiential Faculty Fellows to develop QEP-designated courses in alignment with TWU’s Quality Enhancement Plan, Pioneering Pathways: Learn by Doing.

Article: “Diagnoses, Drugs, and Treatment Are the Main Information Needs of Primary Care Physicians and Nurses, and the Internet Is the Information Source Most Commonly Used to Meet These Needs,” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.

Assets-Based Community Development Experiential Education


What Sound Does an Odyssey Make? Content Analysis of Award Winning Audio Texts. The 63rd Annual Conference of the Literacy Research Association, Dallas, Texas. The Cream Rises to the Top: Using Evidence Based Practices to Demonstrate School Library Contributions to Student Success. The American Association of School Librarians 16th National Conference and Exhibition, Hartford, Connecticut.

Presentations

Dr. Pedro BlancoDr. Ryan Holliman

Family Sciences

Where are We?: The Current Status of Ethics and Counselors in the State of Texas, presented at the Texas Association of Counselor Education and Supervision Mid-Winter Conference Austin.

Presentation

Dr. Holly Hansen-ThomasTeacher Education

International TESOL Leadership Certification, 2014Teaching English to Speaker of Other Languages

Dr. Peggy MaloneDr. Cathy Gabro

Dr. Laura Trujillo-JenksEducational Leadership

Teacher Quality Program and Partnership, presentation at the 2014 International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research, Milano, Italy.


“Deepening the home-school connection: Collaborating with diverse families to accelerate student learning,” Journal of Reading Recovery.

“They’re talking, now what?: Deepening language development in the classroom,” ASCD Express Online.

Journal Articles

Dr. Diane MyersSpecial Education

Classwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: A Guide to Proactive Classroom Management, Guilford Press, 2015.

Book Co-Author

Dr. Teresa StarrattDr. Peggy Malone

Dr. Cathy GabroDr. Laura Trujillo-JenksEducational Leadership

Official Trainers for Crucial Conversations workshops presented to faculty and administrators in universities and K-12 school districts.

Dr. Karen DunlapDr. Becky Fredrickson

Teacher Education

“In pursuit of digital literacy: An overzealous jettison of both baby and bathwater?” In Miller, D. Becker, & K. Becker (Eds.), Technology for Transformation: The Confluence of Educational Technology and Social Justice.

Journal Article

Dr. Connie BriggsDr. Patricia Watson

Reading

From Fragments to Focus: An Analysis of One School’s Literacy Culture, Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference, Del Ray Beach, Florida, October 2014.

Presentation

Dr. Mandy StewartBilingual Education

One of only 26 educators in the United States selected for PDK (Phi Delta Kappa) International’s 2013-14 Class of Emerging Leaders.

Dr. Dan KrutkaTeacher Education

“How and Why Educators Use Twitter: A Survey of the Field,” Journal of Research on Technology in Education.

“Microblogging About Teaching: Nurturing Participatory Culture Through Collaborative Online Reflection with Pre-Service Teachers,” Teaching and Teacher Education.

Journal Articles

Dr. Melinda CowartBilingual Education

Editor for the “Critical Issues in the Education of English Language Learners” monograph series, Managing Editor for five monographs and Series Editor for four. The most recent monograph is titled, Teaching and Leading in Diverse Schools.

Editor

Dr. Hollie MooreFamily Sciences

Worked on an interdisciplinary team studying children's dramatic interpretations of picture books at a dual language school in the Southwest United States.

Dr. Kathleen KyzarSpecial Education

“Students With Deaf-Blindness and Their Families: Service Utilization and Satisfaction,” Inclusion.

“Feasibility of an Online Professional Development Program for Early Intervention Practitioners,” Infants and Young Children.

Journal Articles


Family Sciences

Journal Articles“Understanding the concept of genuineness in play therapy: Implications for the supervision and teaching of beginning play therapists,” International Journal of Play Therapy.

“Collaborating university play therapy programs with elementary schools: Alleviating school counselor stress,” The Open Journal of Education.

Dr. Karen DunlapTeacher Education

Journal Article

“A collaborative data chat: Teaching summative assessment data use in pre-service teacher education.” Cogent Education.

Dr. Judi MoreillonSchool of Library & Information Studies

Recipient of 2014 Mary Mason Lyon Award by the TWU Faculty Awards Committee. The Mary Mason Lyon Award recognizes excellence in teaching, research, and service and clear evidence in dedication and promise for success in the future.

“Tangled in Charlotte’s Web: Lessons learned from English learners”. In F. Boyd and C. Brock (Eds.), Social Diversity within Multiliteracies: Complexity in teaching and learning, (pp. 127-143). New York, NY: Routledge.

Book Chapter

Outreach Co-Chair for Children’s Literacy Assembly

Editor, Memo Board Column for Journal of Children’s Literature

Dr. Sharla Snider Nicole Masek (Student)Joanne Noller (Student)

Family Sciences

Book Chapter

The promise of mobile technology and differentiated learning. Mobile pedagogy and perspectives on teaching and learning (2013). In McConatha, D, Penny, C, Schugar, J. & Bolton, D. (Eds). Mobile pedagogy and perspectives on teaching and learning, Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Dr. S.H. (Abraham) HwangFamily Sciences

“The effects of financial stress and couple conflict on father-child interactions,” Texas Child Care Quarterly.

Journal Articles

Co-authored with Dr. Nerissa Gillum and three Family Studies doctoral students.

“Exploring Family Policy in the U.S. :Through a Preventive Perspective and Family Life Education,” Journal of Human Development and Family Studies.

Dr. Amy BurkeReading

Composing Practices Outside of School as Sites of Tension and Spaces for Creation. Presented at the Literacy Research Association 2013 Annual Conference.

Presentation

Dr. Sandra McClinticFamily Sciences

Early childhood teachers’ beliefs and practices about preschool outdoor play. Presented at the National Council on Family Relations 75th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.

QEP Experiential Fellow (2014-2015). FS 4943 Practicum II in Family Sciences selected as a QEP-designated course.

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