Spring 2015 ~ Vol

COMMISSION OF PROFESSORS OF ADULT EDUCATION

Editor: Claudette Peterson North Dakota State University Designer: Sandra Kerka CPAE Spring 2015 ~ Vol. 18 ~ No. 1

Greetings from the Chair

This is my first year as the Chair of the CPAE, and it is an engaging learning experience. My experiences as Chair do not qualify as “transformative,” but they are “insightful” and evolving as I learn the nuances of this organization. I am pleased to share my learning journey with a talented and involved Executive Committee (EC) and other volunteers working on behalf of the commission. I thank Professors Ed Taylor and Cathy Hansman, who cochaired the CPAE Standards Committee. A draft of the revised standards was approved by the membership during our annual meeting in November. This draft has been updated, and it will soon be made avail- able to the membership. Members of the CPAE EC are currently involved in planning the SIG and plenary sessions for the annual CPAE Fall Conference in Okla- homa City, OK. You should have already received the call for SIG proposals. Please respond to this call by sending a proposal to the appropriate SIG chair. The CPAE membership list is also being updated, and we are considering linking a directory of adult education programs to the CPAE website. Lastly, given the changes being proposed for the AAACE website, the CPAE website will likely undergo revisions. I am working with AAACE and the CPAE EC to determine what changes will be in the best interests of the organization.

Why is your academic program relevant to the economic needs of our state?

This question of relevance to the economic needs of the citizens of the state is challenging and complex. However, trends in higher education (HE) show that technology innovation, new delivery systems, and budget challenges (i.e., completely online degree classes, programs, and degrees; the increased presence of for-profit HE institutions; increasing tuition costs and challenges to college affordability; increasing regulations from federal and state government and administrative bloat to deal with the new regulations; challenges seeking to eliminate faculty tenure and the presence of fewer tenure-track faculty lines; and others) are changing the landscape and markets of most HE institutions. In Wis- consin where spring is still a rumor, these issues have become front-page news since the governor proposed a poten- tially crippling $300 million cut to the University System budget. The intent of the cut is to dramatically shrink the size of HE (by either shrinking or closing irrelevant programs, majors, departments, schools, and campuses) and to refocus HE to better meet the presumed economic needs of the state.

The HE budget challenge is immediate and pressing to our state, but it is not unique to Wisconsin. As other states and the federal government grapple with the future of HE, adult education program faculty will likely be com- Contents pelled to demonstrate their economic relevance to decision makers. In her second and final year as Chair of the CPAE, Professor Libby Tisdell reported 2 Announcements the results from a survey of 226 adult education faculty that could be used 3 Deaths to assist decision makers to better understand our relevance. She found 4 Publications that adult education programs in her survey strongly emphasized content 7 Upcoming Conferences focused on adult learning and development; introduction to the nature, 7 Calls for Conference Papers function, and scope of adult education; and program planning and imple- 8 Calls for Manuscripts mentation processes. However, the programs only “somewhat” emphasized 8 Awards adult education policy issues, technology, and issues of globalization. These 9 CPAE Leadership observations both complement and contrast with the findings of the Organ- isation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2013 Post- secondary International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) report. Observing how social, economic, and technological trends have impacted continued on p. 9 CPAE

Program Announcements Position Announcements

A Western Washington University program in the Depart- Joellen Coryell has joined Susan Imel and Jovita Ross- ment of Health and Community Studies in Woodring College Gordon as co-editor-in-chief of New Directions for Adult and of Education is now called, as of the 2014–15 academic Continuing Education. year, Adult and Higher Education. Please see the website Kathleen P. King for additional information about the program (https://wce. , a professor of adult and higher educa- wwu.edu/ahe/adult-and-higher-education) and student tion, has accepted a new position at University of Central testimonials (https://wce.wwu.edu/ahe/adult-and-higher- Florida. She will be leaving Tampa and moving 2 hours east education). to Orlando, FL. You may reach Kathy at [email protected] until a new university e-mail is established. The students accepted to the Occupational and Adult Education PhD track at North Dakota State University can Gabriele Strohschen became SIG Popular Education Chair now select to enroll in a dual program with a joint degree in and a board member of the WeLEARN group. Learn more at Gerontology. For more information please check the website http://welearnwomen.org/ at http://www.ndsu.edu/education/education_doctoral_ Christy Rhodes joined the East Carolina University faculty programs/ or contact [email protected]. as assistant professor of adult education last fall. Adult Education Quarterly is pleased to announce that John Holst, associate professor of leadership, policy and adminis- tration at St. Thomas University, will be the new book review editor starting September 1, 2015. AEQ gives Lisa Mer- riweather, assistant professor at UNC Charlotte, a special word of gratitude for her excellent service as the outgoing book review editor. AEQ is also pleased to announce that Geleana Alston, assistant professor of adult education at North Carolina A&T State University is the social media coordinator. This newly created position is designed to expand awareness of AEQ and increase engagement with readers and the adult education community. Dominique T. Chlup is currently enjoying every moment of her leave of absence from Texas A&M University. She is appreciating being the president, owner, and chief creative officer of Inspiring the Creative Within™, LLC. She now spends her time offering workshops and coaching her clients in how to recover their creative academic souls and helping them to develop stress-free habits of writing. During her leave of absence, she’d love to stay connected with all of you! Feel free to reach her directly at hello@ inspiringthecreativewithin.com or connect with her through her website www.inspiringthecreativewithin.com.

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Recognition of Deceased Colleagues

Rae Rohfield Dr. Jeffrey A. Ritchey 1963–2014

Rae Rohfeld passed away March 22, 2015 in Syracuse, NY. Jeffrey A. Ritchey, age 51, associate professor of adult and Rae was associate professor of adult education at Syracuse community education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University from 1988–1993. She later taught at Florida passed away on November 24, 2014 after losing his battle International University and was a professor and administra- with cancer. Jeff earned his doctorate in adult education tor at Empire State College. While at Syracuse, Rae made from Penn State in 2000. Prior to joining the faculty at IUP, contributions as a scholar of adult education history and Jeff served in a number of positions. He was the director of encouraged the study of history by hosting conferences youth & young adult ministries at his church. At the same on history of adult education and by encouraging adult time he also taught online through the Penn State World educators to use the collections in the Syracuse University Campus in the adult education graduate program. Prior to Libraries. She was a good colleague who made important that, he worked for the Office of Graduate Fellowships & contributions in helping us to understand our past as a field Awards at Penn State. Jeff was the coeditor of the PAACE of study and practice. Journal of Lifelong Learning and for the Research Digest Column in the COABE Journal of Research and Practice for Edgar John Boone Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education. In addition, he served as a manuscript reviewer for many other publica- Edgar John Boone, 84, of Raleigh, died on February 26, tions including the Journal of the Asian Society for Interna- 2015. As many of you know, he was the founder of the tional Relations and Public Affairs, International Journal Adult Education and Community College Program at North of Business Applications, Journal of Religion and Popular Carolina State University. His legacy was a significant one, Culture, Adult Education Quarterly, and the Journal of Com- including the many students he taught and graduated, his munications Media. work with education outreach and community development through community colleges and agricultural extension, and his efforts to bring knowledgeable leadership to community colleges and adult education agencies. As noted in his obituary, he was known for teaching “Booneology”—adult education programming—and had contributed a number of books on his model. He was also a key supporter of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame and continued to be a strong supporter of the field of adult and continuing education after his retirement.

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Publications

Articles Nguyen, S. R., & Coryell, J. E. (2015). Flipping the script in study abroad participation: The influence of popular Boucouvalas, M., & Morris, L. (2014). On MOOCS and culture and social networks on perceptions and motives. beyond. Campus Wide Information Systems: The Journal of International Students, 5(1), 23–37. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 31(4), 203–207. Special Issue: Digital Rachal, J. R. (in press). Reflections on the Lindeman legacy Uptake in Higher Education, Guest Editor: G.S. (English language original of the Italian language Anderson. Foreword to E. Marescotti’s Italian translation of E. Lindeman’s The Meaning of Adult Education [2013]). Bruton, S. V., & Rachal, J. R. (2015). Education journal PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning. editors’ perspectives on self-plagiarism. Journal of Academic Ethics, 13(1), 13–25. DOI:10.1007/s10805- Sedivy-Benton, A., Strohschen, G., Cavazos, N., & Boden- 014-9224-0 McGill, C.J . (2015). Good ol’ boys, mean girls, and tyrants: A phenomenological study of the lived Coryell, J. E., & Murray, K. (2014). Adult learning and experiences and survival strategies of bullied women doctoral student research forum participation: Insights adult educators. Adult Learning, 26(1), 35–41. into the nature of professional participatory experience. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 9, 309–327. Wright, M., & Hill, L. H. (2015). Academic incivility among health sciences faculty. Adult Learning, 26(1), 14–20. Dentith, A., Wright, R. R., & Coryell, J. E. (2015). Those DOI: 10.1177/1045159514558410 “mean girls and their friends”: Bullies and mob rule in the academy. Adult Learning, 28–34. Yang, K.-H. (2015). Participant reflexivity in community-based participatory research: Insights from reflexive interview, Glowacki-Dudka, M., & Murray, J. (2015). Ten strategies dialogical narrative analysis, and video ethnography. to encourage a sustainable interorganizational Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, collaborative culture. Submitted to New Horizons in Online first. doi: 10.1002/casp.2227 Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 27(1), 3–14. DOI: 10.1002/nha3.20089 Book Chapters Grenier, R. S., & Dudzinska-Przesmitzki, D. (In preview, Boden-McGill, C. J., Cavazos, N., Kakas, M., & Noble, March 2015). A conceptual model for eliciting D. (2014). Seeing oneself in the other: A model for mental models using a composite methodology. intercultural competence in education. In J. Gourlay Human Resource Development Review. & G. Strohschen (Eds.), Building barriers and bridges: doi:10.1177/1534484315575966 Interculturalism in the 21st century (pp. 71–83). Oxford, Hansman, C. A., & McAtee, K. A. (2014). Faculty UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press. development opportunities: Peer coaching, learning Boshier, R. (2015) Learning from the Moa: The challenge of communities, and mentoring. Journal of Education & Maori language revitalization in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Human Development, 3(1), 71–84. ISSN: 2334-296X In J. W. Jacob, S. Y. Cheng, & M. Porter (Eds.), Indigenous (Print), 2334-2978 (Online). education: Language, culture and identity (pp. 207– Kerekes, J., & King, K. P. (2015, Feb.). Creating dynamic 226). Dordrecht: Springer. problem solvers while learning part-whole concepts: Boshier, R. (2015). From Marx to market. In S. Roche (Ed.), Young children using manipulatives for math learning. The role of universities in promoting lifelong learning. Mathitudes: An Online Journal for Mathematics Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. Educators, 1(11), 1–17. Retrieved from http://www. coe.fau.edu/CentersAndPrograms/mathitudes/ Hansman, C. A. (2014). Mentoring in graduate education: 20141216kKerekesKing211158pmFinalforpub.pdf Curriculum for transformative learning. In V. Wang & V. Bryan (Eds.), Andragogical and pedagogical methods for King, K. P., Norstrand, L., & Leos, J. (2015). Navigating the curriculum development (pp. 101–117). Charlotte, NC: academic developmental maze: New possibilities for Information Age Publishing. mentoring international graduate and doctoral students through the USA. International Journal of Adult and Vocational Education and Technology, 6(1), 1–17.

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Hansman, C. A. (2014). Navigators on the research new teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. path: Teaching and mentoring student qualitative Gourlay, J., & Strohschen, G. (2014). Building barriers researchers. In V. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of research on and bridges: Interculturalism in the 21st Century. scholarly publishing and research methods (pp. 155– Inter-disciplinary Net Research Project Series. 179). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Witney, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press. https://www. Grenier, R. S., & Germain, M. L. (2014). Expertise interdisciplinarypress.net/online-store/ebooks/ through the HRD lens: Research trends and practical diversity-and-recognition/building-barriers-and-bridges- implications. In N. E. Chalofsky, T. S. Rocco, & M. interculturalism-in-the-21st-century L. Morris (Eds.), The handbook of human resource Holtz, J. K., Springer, S.B ., & Boden-McGill, C. J. (Eds.). development. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. (2015). Building sustainable futures for adult learners. Springer, S. B., Lopez, O., Eichler, M., Lasker-Scott, T., & Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Boden-McGill, C. J. (2015). Negotiating experience and Imel, S., & Bersch, G. (2014). (Eds.). No small lives: theory: Piloting cornerstone and capstone courses to Handbook of North American early women contributors build a sustainable future for interdisciplinary graduate to adult education, 1925–1950. Charlotte, NC: degree programs. In J. K. Holtz, S. B. Springer, & C. J. Information Age Publisher. Boden-McGill (Eds.), Developing sustainable futures for adult learners. Charlotte, NC: Information Age St. Clair, R. (2015). Creating courses for adults: Design Publishing. for learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 978- 1118438978 Strohschen, G. (2014). Developing transnational education programs: A blended shore education approach. In S. Wang, V. C. X. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of research on Mukerji (Ed.), Handbook of research on transnational adult and community health education: Tools, trends, higher education management (pp. 512–525). Hershey, and methodologies. Hershey, PA: Information Science PA: IGI-Global. Reference. Strohschen, G. (2015). Critical problem-posing: Removing Wang, V. C. X. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of research on veils in literacy education for gender empowerment. education and technology in a changing society. D. W. Ntiri & K. P. King (Eds.), In Literacy as gendered Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. discourse: Engaging the voices of women in global Wang, V. C. X. (Ed.). (2015). Handbook of research on societies. A volume in Adult Education Special Topics: scholarly publishing and research methods. Hershey, Theory, Research, and Practice in Lifelong Learning. PA: Information Science Reference. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Wang, V. C. X. (Ed.). (2014). International education and the Books next-generation workforce: Competition in the global economy. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. Bierema, L. L. (2014). Organization development: An action research approach. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Wang, V. C. X., & Bran, C. V. (Eds.). (2014). Andragogical Education, Inc. published via the Thuze platform and pedagogical methods for curriculum and program https://www.thuze.com/etextbooks.html development. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. Brockett, R. G. (2015). Teaching adults: A practical guide for

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Book Announcment

Imel, S., & Bersch, G. T. (Eds.). (2015). No small lives: Waking Up the World: Mae C. Hawes and Adult Education by Handbook of North American early women adult Lisa R. Merriweather educators, 1925–1950. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Maria L. Hernández: An Untiring Fighter by Sylvia Fuentes Publishing. Dorothy V. Hewitt: Pioneer and Founder of the Boston Cen- No Small Lives: Handbook of North American Early Women ter for Adult Education by Mary Alice Wolf Adult Educators, 1925–1950 contains the stories of 26 Ruth Kotinsky: Glancing Back, Reaching Forward by Norma North American women who were active in the field of Nerstrom adult education in the 25 years covered by the book. The volume is designed to restore women to their rightful place “Education for Living”: Roberta Campbell Lawson by Marilyn in the history of adult education in North America. “No McKinley Parrish Small Lives” was added to the title to reflect the lives of the Florence Mary O’Neill: Her Own Path Through the Newfound- women. The appendix includes short biographies of women land Wilderness by Katherine McManus who were active during the period but were not included in the book. Bonaro Wilkinson Overstreet: Adult Education for an Edu- cated Citizenry by Yvonne K. Rappaport and Marcie Boucou- CONTENTS: Foreword, M. Carolyn Clark Preface, Editors valas PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Elizabeth Peratrovich: The Right to Education by Diane E. Benson (Lxeis’) Searching for the Women in a Defeminized Past: American Adult Education Between the Wars by Amy D Rose Virginia Estelle Randolph and the Jeanes Teachers by Ber- nadine S. Chapman Adult Education History and the Issue of Gender: Stepping Back to Move Forward by Jane M Hugo Harriett Rouillard: “The Stamp of Its Editor” on the CAAE’s Food for Thought by Leona M. English PART II: PROFILES OF 26 WOMEN “Whistling in the Dark”: The Adult Education Work of Prison Lucy Wilcox Adams: Proponent of Discussion-Based Adult Arts Teacher Amy Paddon Row by Dominique T. Chlup Education by Susan Imel Dorothy Rowden: Tireless Editor, Writer, and Advocate by Don’t Shush Me!—Nora Bateson, Activist Librarian by Sue Lisa M. Baumgartner Adams Hilda “Jane” Worthington Smith: Pioneer in Women Work- Nannie Helen Burroughs: Religious Leader, Educator, Activ- ers’ Education by Gretchen T. Bersch ist by Opal Easter-Smith Moranda Smith: From Tobacco Plant Worker, to Local Maestra Maravillosa: Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert by Union Organizer, to First African American Woman to Head Rosalie C. Otero a Southern Regional Union by Jovita M. Ross-Gordon and Olive Dame Campbell: An Appalachian Social Activist and Geleana Drew Alston Adult Educator by Carol E. Kasworm The Vision and Pedagogical Sensibility of Isabel Wilson: Jessie Allen Charters: “Giving the Best We Know to Mothers Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due by Shauna Butterwick and and Fathers” by Constance E. Wanstreet Jonathan B. Fisher Jean Carter Ogden—These Things We’ve Tried: Democracy PART III: CONCLUSION and Adult Education by Susan J. Barcinas Women, Gender Politics, and Adult Education in the Con- Eve Chappell: A Fine Italian Hand by Susan Imel temporary World: Leaning in to “Progress” by Juanita Johnson-Bailey and Elizabeth J. Tisdell Mary L. Ely: Dedicated Adult Educator by Gretchen T. Bersch Themes Across the Women’s Lives by Susan Imel and Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Strengthening Democracy Through Gretchen T. Bersch Adult Learning by Charlene A. Sexton Appendix A: Other Notable Women From 1925 to 1950 by Mary Parker Follett: A Paradox of Adult Learner and Educa- Carole L. Lund. About the Editors. About the Contributors. tor by Vivian W. Mott

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Upcoming Conferences Calls for Conference Papers

21st Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Call for Proposals Commission of Professors of Adult Conference, June 11–14, 2015, Education Department Education Conference Special Interest Group (SIG) of Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois Sessions, November 19-20, 2015 Details at http://ptoweb.org/conference/ Submission deadline: May 1, 2015; Selection notification: July 1, 2015 The 64th AAACE Annual Conference, November 17–20, Submission form: https://docs.google.com/ Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel, forms/d/1uoxLFGGIq0WLCK-00hm6m9gUfFkGAnL32X- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MGCP-CcCs/viewform The conference theme is “Evolutions and Revolutions in Adult Learning.” Continuing a long-standing tradition, the You are invited to submit a proposal for SIG Sessions at this Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) will host year’s Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) a preconference November 15–17, and the Commission of conference, held in conjunction with the AAACE Annual Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) co-conference will be Conference in Oklahoma City, OK. The CPAE Conference will held November 19–20. A partnership event, the Research begin in the afternoon on Thursday, November 19, 2015 to Practice (R2P) Conference in Adult Higher Education, with the SIG Sessions scheduled on Thursday afternoon or November 15–17, will be hosted by the University of Central Friday morning during the conference. Graduate students Oklahoma. AAACE hosts the International Hall of Fame are encouraged to participate. induction ceremony on November 18. Find ongoing conference updates at http://aaace.org/2015-conference. Find a description of each SIG at http://cpae.memberclicks. net/sigs. Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE/ACÉÉA), If you would like to propose a session for consideration, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, please submit a 250-word proposal abstract and complete June 9–11, 2015 the online form. A proposed session may include a panel of colleagues with short presentations and a period of discus- This year will feature a special collaboration between sion or other individual or multiple presenter formats. Your CASAE/ACÉÉA and ICAE, and we strongly encourage all submission should delegates to our conference to stay on for the ICAE Assem- • Include 250-word proposal abstract bly, which will immediately follow on June 11–13. Delegates who register for both the CASAE/ACÉÉA conference and ICAE • Present a clearly identified perspective related to the Assembly will benefit from a cost-saving arrangement. For SIG Indicate how this perspective may be useful in adult further information about the 2015 CASAE Conference, visit education theory and/or practice the CASAE/ACÉÉA website at www.casae-aceea.ca. • Identify how it contributes to our professional discourse at CPAE • Describe the proposed presentation, content, and degree of audience participation • List the name and contact information of all presenters (the selection will not be a blind review process).

Each SIG will take place during a 1-hour session timeframe. In most cases, there will be two presentations during the SIG session; plan your proposal with this in mind. SIG chairs may combine ideas and proposals from presenters for the final content and format of the session.

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Calls for Manuscripts/Journal Awards Announcements and Honors

WeLEARN C. Amelia Davis, Department of Curriculum, Foundations, The WeLEARN group is looking for women writers for their and Reading at Georgia Southern University, was the winner upcoming book. See WOMEN”S PERSPECTIVES on their of the CPAE 2014 Early Career Award. website: http://welearnwomen.org/ Dr. Allan Quigley, EdD was awarded the inaugural Life Time PAACE Achievement Award by the Canadian Professors of Adult Education Association at their annual conference last May. The PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning is seeking manu- This award recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement scripts for refereed and theory-to-practice (nonrefereed) in practice, policy, research, and publishing. It was awarded articles. The journal is also seeking individuals to serve on to Allan for his more than 40 years of work dedicated to the Editorial Review Board. Please contact Gary Dean at adult literacy and basic education. A Canadian, Allan taught [email protected] for more information. adult literacy and helped establish colleges in both Alberta and Saskatchewan; was the director of GED/ABE/ESL Journal of Research and Practice For with the government of Saskatchewan in the 1980s; and, having his taken doctorate at Northern Illinois University in Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic 1984–1985, he joined Penn State’s Adult Education faculty Education in 1987 where he was active in CPAE and many national and state adult education/literacy associations. He moved Please consider submitting articles (research, practitioner- to St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia in 1997 and based and personal viewpoints) to the Journal of Research since “retired” back to Saskatchewan where he is actively and Practice For Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic consulting in adult literacy. Allan invites readers to visit Education. Published by The Commission on Adult Basic the Saskatchewan Action Research Network website—a Education (COABE) and Rutgers University, the journal aims professional development movement he helped establish to advance the adult basic education field by facilitating the and currently manages—at http://sites.stfx.ca/adult_ exchange of research, ideas, and consideration of experi- education_graduate_studies/people. You can contact Allan ences. The journal seeks to publish research of all types, at [email protected]. critical essays, philosophical and theoretical pieces, and other scholarly work of relevance to individuals in the adult Sharan Merriam and Laura Bierama have won the Frandson basic education and literacy field. Specific guidelines for -au Award for Literature from the University Professional thors and steps for submission can be found at http://www. Continuing Education Association for their book, Adult coabe.org/html/abeljournal.html. If you have any questions, Learning: Linking Theory and Practice, 2014, Jossey-Bass. please contact one of the co-editors: Amy D. Rose, Alisa This book also won the best book of the year award from the Belzer, or Heather Brown at [email protected]. Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD).

Adult Education Quarterly Victor C. X. Wang, Florida Atlantic University Fellow of Peace, Justice and Human Rights 2014–2016, is being nominated Connect with Adult Education Quarterly (AEQ) to stay and considered for Scholar of the Year (2015), at Florida updated about the journal. For more information, please Atlantic University. contact the Social Media Coordinator, Geleana Drew Alston at [email protected]. • Visit the journal website at http://aeq.sagepub.com • Follow AEQ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AEQjournal • Like AEQ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ AdultEducationQuarterly • Connect with AEQ on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin. com/groups/Adult-Education-Quarterly-Journal- Research-6950599?home=&gid=6950599&trk=an et_ug_hm

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Executive Committee Chair & AAACE Commissioner: Larry Martin, University of Wis- Greetings from the Chair— continued from p. 1 consin, Milwaukee, [email protected] the employment-related skills of current and future work- Secretary-Treasurer (2013–2015): Royce Ann Collins, Kansas ers, this report included the literacy and technology skills State University, [email protected] assessments of the adult populations of 22 countries. Past Chair: Elizabeth Tisdell, Penn State University-Harrisburg, It found that the proficiency scores of U.S. adults (ages [email protected] 16–65) were significantly below average in literacy, numer- acy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. It Members At-Large: thereby places adult education programs in a central posi- Joann S. Olson (2014–2016), University of Houston Victoria, tion to affect the nature and strength of the delivery system [email protected] that will ultimately be responsible to assisting adult learn- Elizabeth Roumell (2014–2016), North Dakota State University, ers to navigate the complexities of our technology enriched [email protected] global world. Claudette Peterson (2013–2015), North Dakota State University, [email protected] If asked, “why is your program relevant to the economic needs of our state” is your adult education program C. Amelia Davis (2013–2015), Georgia Southern University, [email protected] prepared to construct an evidence-based justification that will justify its existence? I look forward to continuing this conversation on May 20 at our semiannual meeting during Membership Chair: Qi Sun, University of Wyoming, qsun@uwyo. the AERC in Manhattan, KS. edu Comaintainer of CPAE Website: Jim Berger, Western Kentucky Larry Martin, Ph.D., CPAE Chair, 2014–2016 University, [email protected] Professor and Chair Comaintainer of CPAE Website: Lori Risley, University of Central Department of Administrative Leadership Oklahoma, [email protected] University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee E-mail: [email protected]

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