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Four University of Georgia graduate students in the College of Education have received Glickman Dissertation Awards for the 2011-2012 academic year. The award includes $500 to assist with expenses related to conducting their dissertation studies.

The recipients their major and their dissertation titles include:

• Rebekah Benjamin, educational psychology, “Developing and validating a new oral reading fluency scale for elementary school children;”
• Beth Friese, language and literacy education, “Youth Literacies and the Middle School Library Media Program;”
• Franklin Granger, adult education, “Teachers as Learners: Organizational Learning in Teaching Congregations;” and
• Joseph A. Pate, recreation and leisure studies, “Leisure and Music: A Space for Connection.”

The Glickman Dissertation Awards are made possible by a generous contribution from Carl Glickman, a professor of education for more than two decades at UGA where he founded and chaired the Georgia League of Professional Schools, a nationally validated network of K-12 schools devoted to democratic learning of all students. In 1997, he was named a University Professor, the highest faculty career award at UGA for bringing “stature and distinction” to the mission of the university, and students honored him as the faculty member who had “contributed most to their lives, inside and outside the classroom.” Glickman is the author of 13 books on school leadership and the public purpose of schools. His book, “Revolutionizing America’s Schools,” has been acclaimed as one of the seminal works on the integral relationship of democracy and public education.