Smagorinsky

Peter Smagorinsky, a Distinguished Research Professor of language and literacy education in the College of Education, has been named recipient of the 2013 David H. Russell Research Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

The award honors an outstanding work of scholarship or research in language, literature, rhetoric or learning, published during the past five years. Smagorinsky is being recognized for his book titled, Vygotsky and Literacy Research: A Methodological Framework. He will receive the award at the NCET annual convention Nov. 21-24 in Boston.

Smagorinsky was named the 2013 Outstanding Reviewer for Review of Education Research, the journal of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and Outstanding Reviewer for 2013 by the editors of the American Educational Research Journal - Teaching, Learning, and Human Development. He was named an AERA Fellow in 2010.

Alvermann

Spangler

Two College of Education professors, Donna E. Alvermann and Denise A. Spangler, have been appointed to endowed faculty positions in the College. The endowed positions are named for the late UGA President O.C. Aderhold and his late daughter, Elizabeth (BeBe) Aderhold, who served as a faculty member in childhood education.

Alvermann, a Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education, was named the Omer Clyde and Elizabeth Parr Aderhold Professor in Education.

Alvermann is also a Fellow in the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research and an Affiliate Faculty member of the Institute for African American Studies. She is currently the principal investigator on a grant funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and test a Web tool for improving young adolescents’ literacy skills.

Previously, she was principal investigator and co-director of the National Reading Research Center, a $7.8 million dollar grant collaboration with the University of Maryland and funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Her research has also been supported by the Spencer Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. Alvermann was elected a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association.

Spangler, professor and head of the department of mathematics and science education, was named the Bebe Aderhold Professor in Early Childhood Education.

Spangler’s research focuses on the development of pre-service elementary school teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching. She has published her work in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and the Teachers College Record. She has garnered grants from both the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Spencer Foundation. She is currently the principal investigator of a $1 million NSF grant designed to increase the number of high-quality mathematics and science teachers in high-needs school districts.

Spangler, a member of the UGA Teaching Academy, has been recognized for her work with UGA’s Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and a Lilly Teaching Fellowship.

Spangler has been involved with several national policy efforts focusing on mathematics assessment and teacher preparation standards in association with the American Statistical Association, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences.

In addition to her work at UGA, Spangler is in her third term as a member of the Clarke County School District Board of Education, where she has served as vice president.

The special appointments, approved by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia earlier this year, are among three positions established with funds in a gift bequest from the estate of O.C. Aderhold, former UGA President (1950-67) and dean of the College of Education (1947-50).   The third appointment is held by Allan S. Cohen, professor of educational psychology and director of two major assessment and research centers in the College of Education, who was named the Omer Clyde and Elizabeth Parr Aderhold Professor in Research Methodology in 2011.

Alvermann

Donna Alvermann,  the O.C. and Elizabeth Aderhold Professor in Education and UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education, will be the keynote speaker at Florida State University College of Education’s inaugural 21st Century Literacies Lecture Series on Sept. 19.

The title of her address is: “21st Century Literacies: What Our Students Can Teach Us If We’re Willing Learners!”

“Insights from my own work in 21st century literacies suggest that teachers at all grade levels, school library media specialists and youth librarians have much to learn from students’ literacy practices both in and out of school,” said Alvermann. “However, unless we attend to young people’s uses of digital, visual, aural, and print texts in relation to popular media culture, we stand to miss and/or misinterpret what it means to communicate effectively in an era described by some as ‘a sequel to literacy.”

Literacy Lecture Series Brochure 2013

Adams

Williamson

College of Education faculty members Elaine Adams and Jimmy Williamson were named 2013 Educators of the Year for their respective divisions at the Georgia Association for Career & Technical Education Annual Summer Conference.

University of Georgia College of Education faculty members Elaine Adams and Jimmy Williamson were named 2013 Educators of the Year for their respective divisions at the Georgia Association for Career & Technical Education Annual Summer Conference.

Adams, an associate professor in the department of career and information studies, was recognized as Georgia Marketing Education Association’s Educator of the Year.

Adams teaches instructional strategies, assessment, human resource applications, and community and work-based learning. Her research focuses on pre-service and in-service teacher development, instructional strategies and academic community learning. Adams received her Ph.D. in vocational and technical education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She joined the UGA faculty in 1996.

Williamson (BS ‘86, MEd ‘90, PhD ‘99), an academic professional associate in the department of career and information studies, was recognized as the Georgia Health Science Technology Association’s Educator of the Year.

Williamson teaches and administers the College’s alternative teacher certification program. This program serves career professionals that are transitioning to teaching Career and Technical Education in grades 7-12. Williamson received his Ph.D. in instructional technology from UGA. He joined the UGA faculty in 2001.

The awards recognize career and technical educators who provide significant contributions to professional associations and career and technical education programs for youth and adults.

The two UGA faculty members were among 23 career and technical educators honored during the July 2013 conference in Atlanta.

Sandmann

Lorilee R. Sandmann, a College of Education faculty member, has been named the new editor of the University of Georgia’s Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.

A leading scholar in the field of the scholarship of engagement, Sandmann assumed the role Aug. 15 after the retirement of Trish Kalivoda, long-time JHEOE editor and associate vice president of public service and outreach at UGA.

Sandmann is a professor in lifelong education, administration and policy in the College of Education and has been involved throughout her career in major educational and institutional change processes promoting and institutionalizing community engagement. Among her achievements, she was co-director of the Clearinghouse and National Review Board for the Scholarship of Engagement, serves on the National Advisory Panel for Community Engagement of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and is the recipient of 2013 Distinguished Research Award by the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement.

“Earnest Boyer, in the inaugural issue of the journal, first wrote about the scholarship of engagement. It is indeed an honor to be leading the JHEOE’s editorial team to continue the strong tradition of being the premier vehicle for new knowledge and critical conversations in the field,” said Sandmann. “One of our goals is to reach an even wider audience around the world and advance the global dialogue about the scholarship of outreach and community engagement.”

The journal will begin accepting new manuscripts for peer review and publication consideration on Sept. 1. All article submissions should be original and unpublished work that contribute new knowledge to the field while aligning with the mission of JHEOE. Additional information on submission requirements as well as access to current and back issues can be found at http://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/jheoe/index.

About the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement

JHEOE has been published by the University of Georgia since 1996 and serves as a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal to advance theory and practice related to all forms of outreach and engagement between higher education institutions and communities. The Journal is a partnership of UGA’s Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, Institute of Higher Education and College of Education.

Williams

Sheneka Williams, a faculty member in the College of Education, has been selected by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education as a member of its 2013 class of the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP).

Williams and 20 other selectees will attend monthly colloquiums for nine months to broaden their understanding of the policy process in education and related issues. Members will also attend a national policy seminar in Washington, D.C.

Williams, an assistant professor in the department of lifelong leadership, administration, and policy, teaches graduate classes in educational policy analysis and school/community relations. Her research focuses on student assignment policies, school governance and its impact on school communities, and magnet schools and desegregation.

She also currently serves as associate director for policy and advocacy for the University Council for Educational Administration, a national consortium of higher education institutions focused on advancing the preparation and practice of educational leaders.

Williams received her Ed.D. in educational leadership and policy from Vanderbilt University.  She joined the UGA faculty in 2007.

Reeves

A book co-authored by University of Georgia College of Education professor emeritus Thomas C. Reeves has received the Outstanding Book Award from the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).

Conducting Educational Design Research, co-authored by Reeves and Susanne McKenney of the University of Twente in The Netherlands, is beneficial to faculty and students in university graduate programs in which exposure to innovative design research methodologies is limited. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in educational design research and fosters dialogue on how to best prepare the next generation of educational researchers.

Reeves and McKenney will receive the award at AECT’s annual international convention in Anaheim, Calif., in October 2013. Reeves will also be a keynote speaker at the convention.

During his career, Reeves has developed and evaluated numerous interactive learning programs for education and training. He has been an invited speaker in 30 countries around the world. He is a former Fulbright Lecturer and a former editor of the Journal of Interactive Learning Research.

Reeves is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and he became the first American to be named an Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Fellow in 2011.

He also co-authored A Guide to Authentic E-Learning, which won the 2010 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Design and Development Outstanding Book Award. The book was co-written with two Australian colleagues, Jan Herrington from Murdoch University and Ron Oliver of Edith Cowan University.

Delgado-Romero

University of Georgia College of Education professor Edward Delgado-Romero has been named recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Career Contributions to Research Award from a division of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Delgado-Romero, a professor in the department of counseling and human development services, is being recognized by the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45) for scholarly contributions on ethnic minority populations and issues as well as mentoring young students and professionals in the field. Awardees must be in the field 15 or more years.

Delgado-Romero, who researches racial/ethnic issues in psychology and has applied multicultural psychology to clinical practice, has been recognized numerous times in his career.

He received the APA’s 2011 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. He has been named a fellow of the APA in two divisions (Society of Counseling Psychology and Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues). He was elected president of the National Latino Psychological Association and twice named Faculty Member of the Year by the Counseling Psychology Student Association from 2006-08. He received the Distinguished Early Career Award from the National Latino Psychological Association in 2006 and the Emerging Professional Award from Division 45 in 2006.

In addition, Delgado-Romero was recently elected to a three-year term as APA Council Representative for the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17), effective in January 2014.
Delgado-Romero, who joined the UGA faculty in 2005, received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Notre Dame.

He will receive this award at the 121st APA Annual Convention July 31 in Honolulu.

Reschley

Amy Reschly, an associate professor of educational psychology, co-authors an article in the May 2013 issue of the Journal of School Psychology reviewing the historical perspective and latest research on social promotion versus grade retention.

Horne

Arthur M. (Andy) Horne, dean emeritus and former Distinguished Research Professor  in counseling psychology at the University of Georgia College of Education, has received the 2013 University of Florida Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Horne, who earned bachelor’s degrees in English education and journalism in 1965 and a master’s in counselor education at UF in 1967, received the award May 4 at UF’s spring commencement ceremony.

For the past five years, Horne was the dean of UGA’s nationally ranked College of Education where he led the improvement of faculty productivity in outreach and research before retiring in December.

Horne is widely known for his nearly three decades of research on troubled families and ways to prevent and deal with male bullying and aggressive behavior in schools. He received more than $7 million in grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 1999 as principal investigator of a program designed to reduce violence and bullying in middle schools called the Bully Busters Project.  He conducted this project for more than a decade, working with schools in several states. His popular 2006 book, Bully Prevention: Creating a Positive School Climate, resulted from that project.

Horne also received more than $1.5 million in federal grants to train teachers how to identify children at risk for academic, emotional and behavioral problems, as well as how to direct them to a healthier development.

Horne was on the faculty and directed training in counseling psychology at Indiana State University from 1971-89 before joining the Georgia faculty, where he headed the counseling psychology department and training program before becoming dean.

Among numerous leadership posts, Horne is past president of the American Psychological Association’s division of group psychology and group psychotherapy and is the current president of the Society of Counseling Psychology. He is a fellow in numerous divisions of the APA and the American Counseling Association.

Despite his retirement, Horne remains active with the Safe and Welcoming Schools program, a project developed to increase school safety in order to create an engaging culture for all students.