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Passion, Pursuit, and Progress: Reflections on Achievement

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Passion, Pursuit, and Progress: Reflections on Achievement Throughout this issue, you will learn good thing, this, too, poses challenges measure the ability to communicate Overall, the combination of longtime about many of the school’s recent accom- for our education system. Learning complex information, appreciate the beauty colleagues and those who have joined plishments. As I reflect on these successes, involves attaching new ideas to existing and intricacy of an effective political us recently gives me confidence and a I feel an overwhelming sense of pride. knowledge and experience. When a argument, or resolve a conflict that might sense of revitalization. As you will see I have always been proud to be a part teacher and a student share little in arise in a business discussion or a school from reading this issue, the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School the way of experiences, building new board meeting. Filling in a multiple-choice and students have made significant knowledge in the mind of that student test form imposes an additional cognitive contributions already to addressing many Table of Contents of Education, but now, more than ever, load that, for some children, can degrade Cover Story: I realize what a truly special place it is is a special challenge for the teacher. of the issues the field of education faces Passion, Pursuit, and Progress: to be. The new colleagues who have Indeed, we have not seen a truly multi- their ability to perform well. currently. The School of Education will Reflections on Achievement...... 4 joined us recently have added so much cultural education system previously continue to be a major contributor, both Features...... 8 to the overall capabilities of the school in the history of education. We have, I can give my car hundreds of voice com- in the training of educators and in the School News...... 10 mands, but a child still has to fill in mul- development of improved approaches Faculty and Staff News...... 15 and help to ensure that Pitt will be a major however, seen systems that worked if Alumni News...... 24 force in the improvement of education in the student assimilated fully into the tiple-choice forms to take a test. Within to education. Our work is needed, and, In Memoriam...... 27 the decades to come. I am closer to the teacher’s culture. That was the case in a few years, I will be able to search for as a collective faculty, we are up for information relevant to a particular the challenges. PUBLISHER end of my career than the beginning, so my grandparents’ generation, but that Alan Lesgold it is reassuring to see that the University Alan Lesgold is not what can or should happen today. situation on the Internet by inputting a Executive EDITOR So, developing principles and approaches paragraph description of that situation, Jere Gallagher I love has great expectations beyond any but children will still be filling in multiple- COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER time I am able to stay here. But there is of the situations in which they found to effective education across cultures is Stacey Hallock another especially important reason to themselves. The next crisis of excess another grand challenge for our School choice forms. Innovative development ART DIRECTOR personal debt also will come about of Education. We already are addressing of less intrusive and richer testing tech- Rainey Dermond be happy about the pool of talent that nologies represents another challenge Alan Lesgold, Professor and Dean PRODUCTION COORDINATOR the School of Education has amassed. because of a lack of understanding it partly through our partnership with Chuck Dinsmore of how much one has to pay for how the Pittsburgh Public Schools to operate for the School of Education. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS For educators, these truly are “times that long to retire a given amount of debt. Pittsburgh Milliones 6–12, University R. Todd Erkel Niki Kapsambelis try men’s souls,” as Thomas Paine once Millions of health crises come about Preparatory School. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT said. All around us, we see signs that because people cannot read or Sarah Jordan Rosenson individual prospects and even the fate of follow simple instructions and do not Our society wants schooling to be more the larger community rest upon education. understand the meaning of messages accountable. People want to know that The financial crisis we face occurred in they receive from health care providers. their substantial investment in schools is

The University of Pittsburgh, as an educational institution and as part because people at every level, from The bottom line? We live in times that paying off. Unfortunately, the approaches an employer, values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and racial/ethnic and cultural diversity. Accordingly, the University prohibits and will not engage in discrimination or harassment on individual consumers to bankers to federal require more substantial and more univer- we take to measuring the results of the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity regulators, felt they had to engage in sal education. That is a challenge for education are limited. We can measure or expression, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. Further, the University will continue to take affirmative steps to support and advance these values consistent activities with implications they did not our School of Education. recall of factual knowledge and whether with the University’s mission. This policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs understand. Yes, the loan aggregations someone can solve a problem and get and activities. This is a commitment made by the University and is in accordance with federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations. were complex, but millions of people Our society also has become, to our the “right” answer. That’s done easily For information on University equal opportunity and affirmative action programs and complaint/grievance procedures, please contact the made mistakes on mortgages because credit and to our long-term advantage, and cheaply with multiple-choice tests. University of Pittsburgh; Office of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion; 412 Bellefield Hall; 315 South Bellefield Avenue; Pittsburgh, PA 15260; 412-648-7860. they were not capable of making sense a truly multicultural society. While a But we don’t do as well when we must

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HPA also is working to reduce minority ­­Passion, Pursuit, and Progress: health disparities through programs such as a state-funded grant that brings Reflections on Achievement clinical research programs to Hill House Association in Pittsburgh’s largely African Integrating theory and practice a top priority American Hill District neighborhood.

The 2007–08 academic year was marked department is expanding its opportuni- health are not given the same priorities as On Pitt’s Oakland campus, the department by a strong interdisciplinary approach ties outside the classroom to strengthen other academic courses by administrators is offering physical activity challenges across all departments in the University this tie between theory and practice. and school boards,” he says, adding that to University employees. of Pittsburgh School of Education, with Internships, for example, now last a some schools don’t recognize the increas- an emphasis on bringing the cutting-edge full term and are completed full time, ing evidence that healthy and active “At the end of the day, what we want research of faculty and students into the as opposed to the part-time stints of children have an easier time learning. is to develop a situation where, when community while also strengthening part- years past. The requirement for research the research is done, there is something nerships that supplement the University’s or practical clinical experience in the “The challenge is getting through the left behind that can be sustained by curriculum with real-world experiences. master’s program expanded to six credits politics of the [public] schools,” Jakicic the community. We’re working on that this year, up from the previous three- says. “It’s not that people [don’t] want translational research,” Jakicic says. From early child care centers to community credit requirement. And more graduate- to do the right thing; it’s that the process colleges and universities, from classes level courses are now evidence based, is dated.” Bringing teaching English as a second language which adds to the credibility of the to classes that help children fight obesity, information, he says. At the same time, those who promote professionalism the School of Education is at the forefront the department’s mission also must to child care of shaping the way people learn and how Consequently, the department is getting build buy-in among parents, who have Other Pitt departments also are working educators teach. In all departments, the more and earlier interest in its doctoral to encourage physical activity with to bring the University’s expertise to bear school is busily adapting its offerings program from applicants with higher kids after they leave school. on the real world. During the summer of to meet the changing needs of an educa- Graduate Record Examination scores. 2008, the Department of Psychology in Edu- tional landscape that is always in flux. “Parents perceive that schools are the cation held an institute, called Training the And at every turn, the faculty are mindful “The word is out,” Jakicic says. “When fix for everything that’s wrong with kids,” Trainer, aimed at child and youth workers. of the need to link what they teach at the we’re publishing articles and leveraging says Jakicic. “The reality is that the University to what is happening in the field. grants, people are paying attention to that.” research suggests that you can do “It’s a very novel approach,” says Carl great things with the kids within the Johnson, the department chair and an “Our major take on this is [that] it’s great school, but unless it transfers beyond associate professor. “It’s really looking to have the theoretical knowledge, but Overcoming the school day, it’s not going to work.” at professional training for people who sometimes the theory doesn’t always hold hurdles are working with children from early true when you get out into the real world,” The department has had its share of In July 2008, the Archives of Internal childhood through youth.” explains Professor John Jakicic, chair of challenges, too. Public school politics and Medicine published research conducted the Department of Health and Physical parental buy-in are two perennial hurdles at the School of Education examining the About 30 students and 40 members of the Activity (HPA). “It’s one thing to read a that Jakicic and the rest of the faculty appropriate “dose” of exercise needed community attended the institute, which textbook. It’s another to read the most are working hard to overcome. to prevent weight gain in adults. Closely was run by national and local experts over recent literature that we have in the followed in the popular press, this line a span of three days. A new certification field and apply that.” “Schools have a challenge to interpret of research has significantly influenced program now credentials child and youth their mission, and in this process, some the physical activity recommendations workers, and a certification exam was Jakicic, who also serves as the director of these schools do not see improving in the most recent dietary guidelines given as part of the institute. of Pitt’s Physical Activity and Weight the health of children as a primary focus. published by the U.S. Department of SCManagementHOOL OF Research EDUC Center,ATION says his Thus,www things like.education physical education.pitt and.edu Health & Human Services. SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.educationContinued on the.pitt next page.edu

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“The whole field of child and youth work it from the point of view of parents, “Community college is a very large sector Doctoral education, to write proposals for research grants and is just in the process of being profes- teachers, [and] child care professionals. of postsecondary education,” notes new minor conferences. Additionally, a PhD and EdD sionalized,” Johnson says. “Many of the What’s happening on the ground? What Weidman. “It’s very closely tied to work- in language, literacy, and culture are In the Department of Instruction and people working with children have very is the situation the kids are living in? force development in many parts of the now available. Learning, the focus also has been on little training. It’s a developing professional What’s the culture? You can’t understand country, tends to be primarily public, addressing changes to state regulations field, and we’re one of the few places development without deeply appreciating and [is] the lowest-cost option for the “This program allows us to bring together for teacher certification, says Rick Donato, in the country that are working to develop those factors.” first two years of higher education, so foreign language education, English the new department chair. Elementary professional standards in child and it’s a very popular area.” education, social studies, and reading,” certification is now prekindergarten youth work.” Donato says. through grade four, and grades four through outstanding in their own field, but who Meeting the The challenge, he notes, is in developing the eight require an intermediate certificate. Under the direction of Associate Professor are also outstanding as teachers and challenge of new leaders who will drive these institutions. The idea is to increase the number of Mary Margaret Kerr, the department collaborators, generously sharing their requirements faculty members who work with the students, Students also now need nine credit hours also developed a new program in school- leading methodological expertise with New certification requirements for school “There just is kind of a vacuum” in com- fostering a more interdisciplinary approach. dealing with special education as well based behavioral health that seeks not students and faculty across the school principals and superintendents are under munity college management, says Weidman. as a three-credit hour course teaching only to intervene when problems occur and University,” says Johnson. way, and the administrative and policy “There are not a lot of people who are An undergraduate minor in education is English language learners. Freestanding but also to prevent problems by setting studies department is in the process of moving up through the ranks to assume another work in progress in the department special education certificates will disap- up environments that support the social, In other accomplishments over the redesigning its certification and letter of leadership. The current generation is retiring, and may be ready by the fall term 2009. pear by 2012–13; certification instead emotional, and intellectual development past year, faculty members frequently eligibility programs under the leadership and there is not a lot behind them.” Students would declare a minor in their will be given in conjunction with a of children. published in such highly regarded journals of Clinical Associate Professor Charlene freshman year, then take 18 credits of content area specialty. as Applied Measurement in Education Trovato. Toward that end, Trovato has Internationally, the department has sent education courses as undergraduates. “Simply put, this trains people to put into and Structural Equation Modeling; involved faculty members across several faculty along with three international team They would be assigned advisors in For the first time this past summer, the practice the best professional standards Professor Suzanne Lane was appointed departments within the school during members to assess institutional capacity each school and complete a fifth year for department taught an English language and practices for serving the mental health to serve as one of 16 national experts on the past year. As a result, the programs for secondary education in Vietnam. certification after graduating with their learners course that was created from needs of children in schools,” Johnson says. the National Technical Advisory Council have been packaged differently and Last summer, the team traveled to visit bachelor’s degrees. So far, 60 students state guidelines and the School of for No Child Left Behind; and Assistant internships have been tightened up so that provinces near Hanoi and meet with have expressed interest in the minor— Education’s own expertise. As part of the In a similar vein, Assistant Professor Professor Feifei Ye obtained a Central students understand expectations. That school authorities to determine how an demand that reflects a growing interest in clinical component, students worked with Heather Bachman has developed partner- Research Development Fund grant to effort is expected to last at least through $80 million loan from the Asian Develop- education as a profession, Donato says. foreign language learners, Donato says. ships in her research with early childhood study multilevel item response theory spring 2009, according to John Weidman, ment Bank might best be used. centers serving low-income children. While for longitudinal designs, which will have department chair and professor. “We have quite a few students at our The department, which had 897 active Bachman researches teacher practices that implications for school effectiveness Weidman; Associate Professor John Yeager; school who are career changers,” he says, students as of September 1, 2008, is the promote development and school readiness, research by providing more accurate Stewart Sutin, former president of the and a since-retired colleague, Seth Spaulding, adding that many arrive with a strong size of a small liberal arts college. In she also is providing Pitt students to help estimates of school effectiveness. Community College of Allegheny County, began working with the bank as far back commitment to urban education. “They addition to certification-related changes, the centers with their needs. joined the faculty and has led the effort as 1993, offering technical assistance for want to work in a helping profession; administrators also have turned As part of the department’s practice to develop an area of concentration in education projects in Mongolia, Indonesia, they want to work with kids.” their attention to doctoral programs, The psychology in education department learning, students at all levels are applying community college leadership. Sutin Laos, and Uzbekistan, among other nations. transforming a few popular “special also offers a research methodology program their skills to underserved agencies, both convened an advisory council that includes In this latest project, the team plans to By creating a strong foundation from offering” courses into regular parts of that trains professionals in measurement, individually and in groups. community college presidents from around explore ways to cooperate in the future, which teachers can build their skills and the curriculum on a three-year cycle. research design, statistical methods, the country and has developed a proposal possibly with student and faculty exchanges researchers can pursue new ideas and and test development within the “Really, the relationship between currently under review. The program would and program development activities. methodologies, the School of Education Meanwhile, the department also is educational arena. research and practice is bidirectional,” include four new courses and would be the remains a recognized leader in providing offering a doctoral seminar, under the says Johnson. “We know [that] in order first of its kind in the region, according the training, knowledge, and experience direction of Associate Professor Kevin “Our school is exceptionally fortunate to understand development, you really to Weidman. that will shape the minds of generations Crowley and Visiting Professor James to have a top-notch research methods have to appreciate the context in which to come. Greeno, through which students learn how program with faculty who are not only it occurs. You really have to understand SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu

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Louis and Kimberley Gomez: Peak Performance

Together and individually, the Gomezes Everyone involved with Pittsburgh They must develop the ability to extract task requirements,” says Louis Gomez. have demonstrated that poor school Milliones, including parents, seems information and meaning from text within “Ensuring that early adolescents performance can be turned around with to have bought into a simple rule that specific disciplines such as science, math, master reading to learn is a key first the right school leadership, teacher Narcisse voices whenever he gets a economics, geography, or the arts. step in moving them toward productive training, parent and community chance. “Failure,” he says, “is simply adulthood. That’s how you turn low involvement, and support. not an option.” Teachers at Pittsburgh Milliones use achievement into life-changing skills annotation and other building blocks for reading, math, and science.” “We’re not making the move to Pittsburgh Kim Gomez agrees. She and several Pitt to help students build and refine such to fail,” says Louis Gomez. “We really colleagues are spending a significant reading-to-learn skills as defining, “What impresses us most about believe that the conditions here are right portion of each week inside Pittsburgh summarizing, retrieving information, Dr. Gomez,” says Pittsburgh Public for success, for this school and these Milliones, working with teachers to serializing, analyzing, synthesizing, and Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt, students, and for all schools.” improve their professional practice. reflecting. An intensive READ 180 course “is that he makes working with urban “We recognize the opportunity here,” has been developed for students not yet students and educators his priority. He is Louis Gomez points to the relatively she says, “to change a culture of low on grade level. no ‘ivory-tower’ professor, and we look Louis Gomez Kimberley Gomez small city school population. “You’ve got expectation, to close the achievement forward to working closely with him and [approximately] 30,000 students,” he says. gap, and to impact generations.” “Competent readers understand how Kimberley Gomez as we move forward.” What would draw two of the nation’s Louis Gomez, formerly the Aon Professor “All of the students could sit on one side to apply reading-to-learn skills that are leading experts on successful urban of Learning Sciences and professor of Heinz Field. On the other side would She knows success requires more than appropriate to the domain and to the schools—dedicated educators who’ve of computer science at Northwestern be those of us who have pledged, in some rhetoric and good intentions. “We know shown how to close the achievement University, is the inaugural holder of way, to make a difference. We can look in great detail what’s required for kids to gap in the nation’s largest urban public the Dr. Helen S. Faison Chair in Urban each one of them in the eye and make succeed in an urban school environment,” schools—to America’s 56th-largest Education at Pitt and the first director that pledge.” she says. “There’s nothing magical about city, Pittsburgh? of Pitt’s Center for Urban Education. it. It takes a lunch bucket approach.” He also is serving as a senior scientist In the case of Pittsburgh Milliones, Louis Louis and Kimberley Gomez have reached in Pitt’s Learning Research and Gomez and other Pitt experts associated Central to the approach that the Gomezes a point in their careers where they could Development Center (LRDC). with the Center for Urban Education are bring is that kids can’t learn unless they choose the challenge or environment that embedded in the school, working hand in know how to read with a sophistication fit best. They’ve chosen to apply their Kimberley Gomez, former associate hand, day after day, with teachers; staff; required in the 21st century. They must combined talents and passion to new professor in the University of Illinois and school Principal Sito Narcisse, EdD, learn more than just basic literacy positions at the University of Pittsburgh at Chicago’s College of Education and a graduate of the School of Education skills, and, rather, obtain more complex School of Education. a researcher in its Learning Sciences school leadership program. decoding and reading-to-learn skills. Research Institute, also has joined the

Together, they are anchoring a team Pitt faculty in the School of Education’s “I think that what sets Louis and Kim This mural adorns a hallway in the Pittsburgh of educators who will help to realize Department of Instruction and Learning Gomez apart is the passion that they bring Milliones school building, which formerly was Margaret Milliones Middle School. It was painted the vision for Pittsburgh Milliones 6–12, and Learning Policy Center and as a to urban education and their desire to be by artist Tarish Pipkins with the assistance of University Preparatory School, the new research scientist in LRDC. here at the school on a day-to-day basis,” several students at Margaret Milliones. Pipkins said the purpose of the mural was to capture partnership school formed by the School says Narcisse. the essence of Pittsburgh and to highlight the SCof HOOLEducation andOF Pittsburgh EDUC APublicTION Schools. www.education.pitt.edu diversity of its communities. SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu

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Kinder Kinetics Receives United Cerebral 2007–08 Grant and Research Highlights Palsy’s 2008 Humanitarian Award

The School of Education’s Kinder Kinetics of Kinder Kinetics—particularly its focus PhD ‘90), Marylou Olmo (BS ’62, MEd ’65), Faculty and students in the School of The following are the areas in which program received the 2008 United Cerebral on an inclusive environment for children Norma McGinnis (MS ‘93), Wagner De Education have been extremely productive. funding was received for 2007–08. Palsy (UCP) of Pittsburgh Humanitarian with special needs—directly aligns with Campos (MS ’90, PhD ‘93), Iverson Ladewig Grant funding has increased and faculty For a complete listing of grants, publica- JULY 28, 2008 Volume 45 January 2009 Number 1

Published bimonthly ISSN 0012-1649 www. by the Award. This award is given each year “to UCP’s mission. tions, and presentations, visit American Psychological Sugar-sweetened beverages and type 2 diabetes. (MS ’90, PhD ‘94), Allen Wagner (MEd ‘72), members have received numerous awards, See page 1487. Association Menopause and the Metabolic Syndrome: Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Treated The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women I. Janssen, PhD, et al L. F. Tinker, PhD, et al

Eff ect of Exercise on 24-Month Weight Loss  yroid Function and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease: education.pitt.edu/publications/ Maintenance in Overweight Women  e Framingham Study an individual or corporation that has shown Gary Clark (PhD ‘08), Fabio Fontana (MS given keynote addresses at prestigious J. M. Jakicic, PhD, et al Z. S. Tan, MD, MPH, et al Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Incidence of Type 2 Prevalence of Hearing Loss and Diff erences by Diabetes Mellitus in African American Women Demographic Characteristics Among US Adults J. R. Palmer, ScD, et al Y. Agrawal, MD, et al

Developmental Plasma Vitamin C Level, Fruit and Vegetable Prevalence of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Consumption, and the Risk of New-Onset and the Appropriateness of Joint Replacement commitment and generosity of spirit in “The program is a wonderful example of facultypublications2008.pdf. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an Older Population ’04, MEd ’06, PhD ‘07), Ovande Furtado Jr. events, and contributed greatly to their A.-H. Harding, PhD, et al J. M. Quintana, MD, PhD, et al Celebrating 100 Years of Publication

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Editor benefiting people with disabilities.” true inclusion, and we’re always so happy (MS ‘04), Oldemar Mazzardo Jr. (MS ’04, respective professions beyond the Cynthia Garcı´a Coll Associate Editors Toni C. Antonucci Neil Berthier Susan D. Calkins Patrick Davies when one of the kids we’re working with Adele Diamond PhD ’08), Comfort Mokgothu (MS ’00, PhD ‘07), School of Education. E. Michael Foster Sydney Hans Ariel Kalil Eva S. Lefkowitz Measurement, Richard M. Lerner Catherine McBride–Chang Susan McHale Kinder Kinetics was created to meet chooses to participate in Kinder Kinetics. Brent Lopick (MS ‘08), and Randall Keech. Mark A. Sabbagh Claes von Hofsten the motor development needs of children ... This is the first time that a children’s Grant funding increased in the 2007–08 Assessment, www.apa.org/journals/dev ages 3–12, including children with special program has ever been recognized at our In addition to the student directors, year to $18.9 million from $15.6 million and Evaluation needs. The program provides both physical annual awards banquet,” said Dori Ortman, the staff contributed significantly to the and included funding from the National Support of measurement, assessment, education and aquatic instruction in an program coordinator for UCP Kids. enhancement of children’s moving. The Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science and evaluation projects totaled $185,000 inclusive setting. staff of Kinder Kinetics is proud to have Foundation (NSF), Spencer Foundation, and and came from Horizon Research, Inc.; Past and current student directors of Kinder contributed to the health and wellness Pennsylvania Department of Education. NIH; the Health Resources and Services Courtney Walker, development director for Kinetics include Marybeth Miller (MEd of children of all ability levels. The areas garnering grant and scholarship Administration; and Allegheny County. Faculty members were published in numerous UCP of Pittsburgh, indicated that the goals ’83, PhD ’90), Gail Polkis (BS ’83, MA ’86, support include measurement, assessment, journals in the 2007–08 academic year, including (clockwise from top) the Archives of Internal and evaluation; enabling factors; obesity Faculty research was published in Medicine, Journal of the Learning Sciences, prevention, intervention, and physical various journals, including The Journal and Developmental Psychology. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2008, Volume 168, cover reproduced activity; international education; language, of Educational Research, Teachers College with permission, copyright © 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2007, Volume 17, literacy, and culture; learning sciences and Record, Elementary School Journal, Applied cover reproduced with the permission of Taylor & Francis, publishers. Developmental Psychology cover reproduced with permission of the Tell us what’s new! policy; and teaching, teacher education, Measurement in Education, and Educational American Psychological Association. We’d love to hear about your job, graduate studies, professional accomplishments, volunteer work, or anything else you would like and curriculum development. and Psychological Measurement. Topics to share. Complete and return this form, and you could be highlighted in the next issue of School of Education News. ranged from evaluation of various projects International, U.S. Department of Health According to U.S. News & World Report’s and state assessment issues to account- and Human Services, YMCA of Greater

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ADDRESS the School of Education ranked 24th in Spencer Foundation. the nation with regard to the average of Enabling Factors funded research per faculty member. The Related research was published in a Approximately $5.7 million was provided school was ranked above the University variety of journals, including School for early childhood development projects, E-MAIL ADDRESS of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and Psychological Review, Developmental which focused on enabling factors such POSITION(S) Pennsylvania State University within Psychology, Early Childhood Services, as family and community engagement, that category. This year, faculty members and Infants & Young Children. Areas DEGREE(S) readiness skills that promote childhood have worked even harder to increase of research ranged from best practices YEAR(S) GRADUATED success, and quality care around the world. external funding. in early childhood intervention and Please complete and return to University of Pittsburgh, School of Education, Funding came from the Heinz Endowments, spiritual development to strategies Office of the Dean, 5605 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, 230 South Bouquet Street, National Center for Marriage Research, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. If you have any questions, please call 1-866-ALUM-EDU William Penn Foundation, Whole Child SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education(258-6338) or 412-648-1738.pitt.edu • Fax: 412-648-1825 • E-mail: [email protected] SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education(Continued on the.pitt next page).edu

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for addressing behavior problems, school Creative Associates International, Inc. Teaching, Teacher Learning Sciences crisis prevention and intervention, and Related research was published in prediction of early childhood success. Comparative Education Review and Education, and and Policy MEd in English Education Research in the area of learning sciences Teachers College Record. Topics included Curriculum and policy was published in a number of Now Available Online critical analyses of education in various Development journals, including Journal of the Learning Obesity Prevention, countries, social and cultural foundations Support of teaching and learning Sciences, Games and Culture, Journal Beginning with the summer 2009 term, the School of Education will Intervention, and of education, higher education in China, totaled $3.15 million from the Spencer of Applied Developmental Psychology, offer the Master of Education in English education program online. Physical Activity and HIV/AIDS response. Foundation, NSF, Allegheny Interme- The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, Approximately $1.9 million in grant diate Unit, National Council of Teachers The Elementary School Journal, Theory This 36-credit master’s degree program leads to a professional degree for money was obtained for health and of English Research Fund, National and Research in Social Education, Teaching graduate students who wish to pursue a course of study in English language wellness projects. Funding sources for Language, Literacy, Assessment of Educational Progress, and Teacher Education, Mathematical arts and literacy education that integrates academic work in research, theory, these efforts included NIH, the Jewish and Culture U.S. Department of Education, Verizon Thinking and Learning, PAACE [Pennsylvania and practice. The degree is designed to help both beginning and experienced Healthcare Foundation, Children’s Research related to language, literacy, Foundation, Heinz Endowments, and Association for Adult Continuing Education] secondary teachers delve deeply into the key areas of teaching and learning Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, and and culture covered topics such as Pittsburgh Public Schools. More than Journal of Lifelong Learning, Research in English and literacy education. several universities. The research multicultural literature, using literature $5.5 million was received to support in Higher Education, and Educational covered physical activity and nutrition, to help children cope with difficult projects in special education, with Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Topics Applications for the program are now being accepted, and prospective prevention and intervention related situations, language development, funders including the Health Resources included creating robust vocabulary, students can apply online at www.education.pitt.edu/apply. to diabetes and obesity, ratings of literacy coaching, and differentiated and Services Administration, Pittsburgh classroom climate, argument in mathe- perceived exertion, strength and condi- reading instruction. Journals publishing Public Schools, U.S. Department matical and scientific contexts, high-level For more information, please call Admissions and Enrollment Services tioning, and children’s programming. faculty research included The Modern of Education, Lehigh University, the mathematics tasks in real-life contexts, at 412-648-2230. Examples of the journals where faculty Language Journal, Childhood Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and reasoning and proving, school reform, published include The Journal of Clinical Urban Education, Learning Languages, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. college access, policy in North Carolina Psychiatry, The Journal of Strength and English Journal. and Tennessee, and eligibility for and Conditioning Research, Journal Related research was published in college access. of the American Dietetic Association, School Leadership numerous journals, including Science International Journal of Medical The School Leadership Program, part of & Education, Journal of Curriculum Sciences, Archives of Internal Med- the Department of Administrative and and Pedagogy, Research in Sociology icine, and Journal of Public Health Policy Studies, obtained $1.9 million in of Education, Mathematical Thinking Management and Practice. cumulative funding from sources that and Learning, Mathematics Teaching include the Grable Foundation, Heinz in the Middle School, Journal for Endowments, Claude Worthington Research in Mathematics Education, International the American Journal of Education, Education Benedum Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, Henry C. Frick Educational the American Annals of the Deaf, The international efforts were supported Fund, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the International Journal of by $338,000 in funding from the Educa- and Pittsburgh Public Schools. Science and Mathematics Education. tional Development Center, Inc., and

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2007–08 Scholarship and Four School of Education Researchers Fellowship Recipients Named AERA Inaugural Fellows

The University of Pittsburgh School of Ernest B. Dorow Award Laughlin Endowed Fund Four University of Pittsburgh School of was awarded the EDUCOM Medal. He Behavioral Sciences fellowship. Greeno’s Education is pleased to announce the Kyli Hudson (MAT ’08) and Brian Wargo Education faculty members have been was president of the applied cognitive publications include Thinking Practices Martin Karl (MAT ’08) following scholarship and fellowship selected for the American Educational psychology division of the International in Mathematics; Science Learning; and Ethel Henderson Luckhardt recipients. Each award is highly competitive Ernest B. Dorow Endowed Scholarship Research Association (AERA) Fellows Association of Applied Psychology from “The Situativity of Knowing, Learning, and recognizes students who have made Scholarship Fund Stephanie Davis Program. They are Alan Lesgold, dean 2002 to 2006. Lesgold is a lifetime and Research,” published in American significant contributions within their area Jessica Stocks and professor; William W. Cooley, national associate of the National Psychologist in 1998. Paul H. Masoner International of study. Congratulations to the students, professor emeritus; James Greeno, Research Council (National Academies). Alice Jones Drew Endowment Education Graduate Fellowship and thank you to those of you who have for Student Resources Jorge Delgado visiting professor of education and the He also was appointed by Pennsylvania Resnick, past president of AERA, founded contributed to the awards. Alichia Parker Margaret Jacks Professor of Education Governor Edward G. Rendell as a member and previously directed LRDC’s Institute Dr. James and Rebecca Mauch Emeritus at Stanford University; and of the Governors’ Commission on Training for Learning and is founding editor of Alumni Doctoral Fellowships Ethel B. Feldman Scholarship Endowment for Student Research Lauren Resnick, professor of psychology America’s Teachers in 2005. Cognition and Instruction and AERA’s Francesca Amati Susan Moran and Laura Zielinski (MAT ’08) Jessica Stocks Tammy Andreyko and computer science, senior scientist Research Points. She is an adjunct faculty Julia Brooks Aimee Chesler Fredette June and William Mullins Endowment and project director in Pitt’s Learning At Pitt, Cooley was codirector of LRDC member who teaches learning sciences Jorge Delgado Memorial Award Jessica Abel, Kellie Dillow, and Research and Development Center from 1969 to 1977. He served as director and policy and is affiliated with the William Doody Tracy Shea Kylan Turner (LRDC), and former LRDC director. of LRDC’s Pennsylvania Educational Policy school’s Learning Policy Center. Among Ronald Gray Maressa Krause Eli-Sar Graf Foundation Scholarship Karl C.H. Oermann and Kenneth F. Metz Studies, director of the Department of her many awards and honors are the Carolina Maldonado Kathleen Adamak, Deanna Celtnieks, and Endowed Scholarship Lesgold, Cooley, Greeno, and Resnick Administrative and Policy Studies (APS) European Association for Research on Ryan J. Mays Leslie Lancaster Maressa Krause are being honored for their exemplary computer laboratory, and co-coordinator Learning and Instruction Oeuvre Award, Chantee McBride scientific or scholarly contributions to the of APS Policy, Planning, and Evaluation APA Thorndike Award, and APA 2007 Jessica Stocks Sarah F. and Elizabeth Graf Fund Dr. Michael and H. Joan Radvansky Yukiko Yamamoto Stephanie Casey (MAT ’08) Fellowship field through the development of nationally Studies degree program. He earned his Distinguished Contributions to Education Megan Graziano (MAT ’08) Chantee McBride and internationally recognized research bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Lawrence and Training Award. She is a lifetime Walter Barnes Sr. and Stella G. Barnes Christina Lengel-Frazier opportunities and settings. College in 1952; his master’s degree in associate of the National Academy Endowed Scholarship Jaime Lindner (MAT ’08) Jean M. Slack Fellowship science education and statistics at the of Sciences, National Academy of Joan E. Plunkett (MAT ’08) and Kathleen Michaeli Megan Guise and Wendy Sink Jeremy Rak (MAT ’08) Jeffrey Palm Lesgold received his bachelor’s degree University of Minnesota in 1955; and his Engineering, and Institute of Medicine; Melissa Ramsey (MAT ’08) J. Orville Wood Scholarship in psychology, with high honors, from doctorate in science education, statistics, a member of both the National Academy John R. Bender Jean Steiner (MAT ’08) Raymond Ackerman Michigan State University in 1967 and his and measurement at Harvard University in of Education and the International Aca- Endowed Scholarship David Thomas Elisa Akpo-Esambe (BS ’08) master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology 1958. Cooley’s accolades include selection demy of Education; and a fellow of both Martin Karl (MAT ’08) Denise Cunningham-Sarnowski Margaret M. Greenawalt Barbara Hromiko from Stanford University in 1968 and 1971, as a fellow of the Center for Advanced APA and the American Association for Peter C. Bennett and Rita Blasek Bennett Memorial Scholarship Shannon Lebak respectively. He also holds an honorary Study in the Behavioral Sciences at the Advancement of Science. She earned Endowed Scholarship Roli Mohan Latasha Love doctorate from the Open University of Stanford University (1972–73) and service a bachelor’s degree in history at Radcliffe Julia Jones Lara Novelly the Netherlands. He is an American as president of AERA in 1982–83. College in 1957, graduating magna cum Dr. Charles Hayes Jr. and Silvia Hayes Autumn Rapp Sherry Berkowitz Memorial Award Endowed Fund for Graduate Study Jacob Seltman Psychological Association (APA) fellow laude with the Radcliffe History Prize; Chante Henze and Morgan Howard Melanie Karpinski (MEd ’08) and Lisa Torcaso in experimental, applied, and educational Greeno received his BA, MA, and PhD a master’s degree in teaching at Harvard Aaron Scott Needy (MEd ’08) psychology and also an American Psycho- degrees from the University of Minnesota. University Graduate School of Education Annette Crantz Briskman Scholarship Lois Lyden Zord and the logical Society fellow. In 2001, Lesgold Among his honors are APA’s Thorndike in 1958; and a doctorate in education Emily Cain Stephen M. Koziol Endowment Honorable Joseph Zord Jr. for Student Research Endowed Scholarship received an APA award for distinguished Award, a John Simon Guggenheim at Harvard University Graduate School Dr. Jerlean E. Daniel Book Award Adam Loretto (MAT ’08) Amy Taormina (MAT ’08) contributions of applications of psychology Memorial Foundation fellowship, and of Education in 1962. SCDanaysiaHOOL Hall OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu to education and training. In 1995, he SCaHOOL Center for OF Advanced EDUC StudyATION in the www.education.pitt.edu

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Zigmond Fuels Her Passion for Faculty Member Receives Special Education, Teaching Chancellor’s Award

Since then, Zigmond has been awarded proposal, and Zigmond, who had always The quality of Cartier’s teaching effective- areas of curriculum development and more than $23 million in grants and been interested in assessment, brought ness is reflected in the consistently high teacher professional development in contracts for projects on which she served in Pitt Associate Professor Steve Lyon. marks on her teaching evaluations; the science education. primarily as the principal investigator. number of grants she has been awarded At the time she was named a Distinguished The result was the team that developed attest to her being at the forefront of her Her other duties at the School of Education Professor, she was receiving about $3 the Pennsylvania Alternative System field, he noted. include providing leadership in the million a year in external funding, largely of Assessment (PASA), a performance- development of new science teacher from the Pennsylvania Department of Edu- based test that consists of 20–25 tasks “You have designed courses that actively preparation programs, developing policies cation and Bureau of Special Education. addressing state standards in reading, engage students with both science content to support re-conceptualized doctoral mathematics, and science. and scientific inquiry processes, and allow programs in science education, developing She seeks to strike a balance between students to apply these ideas to authentic assessment tools and protocols for science the inclusion of all children in regular “I continue to be impressed with educational situations,” the chancellor program field supervisors, and advising classrooms and addressing the special her leadership abilities on this very continued. “Your assignments are creative graduate students. needs of learning-challenged students. complicated work,” Lehr says of Zigmond, and provide students opportunities to Toward that end, Zigmond has been with whom she has now collaborated stretch their thinking and look for real- Reprinted in part with permission from the instrumental in developing national and for a decade. “But what has impressed life situations.” University Times, February 19, 2009 Naomi Zigmond state educational policies related to the me the most has been her generosity Jennifer Cartier inclusion and mainstreaming of special as a teacher. She is always the mentor, According to her Web site, Cartier’s career Naomi Zigmond has spent the better part needs children. creating learning opportunities for the Jennifer Cartier, assistant professor path initially looked like it would take her of four decades at the School of Education, many students with whom she works of instruction and learning, was named a into research. In college, she participated teaching others how to teach and crediting Zigmond sees her career as her own as an academic advisor and as a recipient of the 2009 Chancellor’s Award in a number of intensive research projects bright students and good colleagues with journey, and as her interests have changed, project director.” for Distinguished Teaching. Chancellor in the fields of molecular genetics and enriching her own career. As the first Dis- so have her projects. Major milestones Mark A. Nordenberg recognized her for biochemistry. Her college thesis involved tinguished Professor of Education since sometimes have occurred by serendipity. Rita Bean, a professor in the Department her commitment to science education. active-site mapping of the HIV-1 reverse the University codified the title in 1994, While on sabbatical, she had planned to of Instruction and Learning, describes transcriptase protein. Following college, she has achieved the highest honor that a work with a colleague at Boston University Zigmond as the kind of colleague you “You have demonstrated the remarkable Cartier earned a biochemistry master’s faculty member can attain—but, according who wound up leaving. Zigmond decided should consult if you want an honest ability to teach a broad range of students degree based on her work in virology. to Zigmond, her best years are yet to come. to go anyway and work instead with opinion—though she is quick to note in a variety of situations, including high Donna Lehr, an associate professor whose that Zigmond always respects the work school students, pre-service elementary But as the daughter, wife, and sister She arrived at Pitt in 1970 with an interest specialty was severe disabilities, an area of others. teachers, undergraduate and graduate of teachers, she said it was inevitable in the education of school-age children in which Zigmond had not worked before. students, and in-service training for current that her love of science eventually would with cognitive, behavioral, and physical “Naomi is a master at bringing out science teachers,” Nordenberg wrote. be channeled into a career in education. disabilities. Within five years, she was One month later, Pennsylvania’s Bureau the best in people,” says Bean. “She In 1994, she entered graduate studies getting grants to study how schools of Special Education put out a call for challenges and at the same time provides in science education. Since then, respond to the challenges of educating evaluation tools that would help to assess ideas and support. She’s passionate she has been working primarily in the students with serious learning and children with severe cognitive disabilities. about her work.” behavioral difficulties. Zigmond and Lehr worked together on a SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu

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Faculty and Staff Accolades

Heather Bachman, assistant professor, Bagnato also was appointed to the newly Carl Fertman, research associate Louise Kaczmarek, associate professor, Jennifer Lin Russell, assistant Joe Werlinich, associate professor, was selected by the National Institute formed Pennsylvania Early Learning Council professor, published the book Student- received the Ron Cowell Award, presented professor, received the University of received an honorary Doctor of Human- of Mental Health to participate in the (ELC) by Governor Edward G. Rendell. Athlete Success: Meeting the Challenges by the Pennsylvania State Interagency California, Berkeley, Graduate School ities degree last June from Thiel College. Leadership Training Institute. The institute ELC will involve about 40 individuals who of College Life. The book is an important Coordinating Council, which advises of Education’s Outstanding Dissertation He was recognized for dedicating his seeks to increase diversity in social and will meet regularly with the Pennsylvania guide for undergraduate students state departments on the Pennsylvania Award for 2007. Russell’s dissertation, life to the field of education. Werlinich behavioral research by providing training Office of Child Development and Early preparing to work with student-athletes Early Intervention System. The award “Not Kid Stuff Anymore? Institutional graduated from Thiel, taught high school and mentoring opportunities. Learning officials and the legislative staff at the college or secondary level, as well recognizes excellence in service to young Change in Kindergarten Education,” and coached in the Mercer Area School to advise the governor on early childhood as for coaches, parents, athletic directors, children with disabilities and their families. explores the extent to which kinder- District, and was a dean of students at education and early intervention research and student-athletes themselves. gartens have shifted from a develop- Thiel. At Pitt, Werlinich is the founder and practice elements that should shape Suzanne Lane, professor, was mental model emphasizing social skills and current codirector of the Western policy, regulations, and practices for the John Jakicic, professor and chair of appointed by former U.S. Secretary of and play to a year of formal academic Pennsylvania Principals Academy, future in Pennsylvania. the Department of Health and Physical Education Margaret Spellings to serve instruction. Funded by the Spencer a group that provides principals with Activity, was named to the National on the National Technical Advisory Foundation, the dissertation illuminates support and resources as well as Gregg Dietz, Maximizing Adolescent Institutes of Health (NIH) National Council. The council advises the U.S. how shifting conceptions of appropriate learning and leadership opportunities. Potentials student counselor with the Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Clinical Department of Education on the design kindergarten education and state and Shaler Area School District, was the Guidelines for Cardiovascular Risk and implementation of state standards, local policies influence kindergarten advisor to M-Powerment, part of Shaler’s Reduction in Adults Expert Panel. assessments, and accountability systems. teachers’ instructional practices. Youth Advocacy League. Erin Drischler, This group is charged by NIH to write Jackie Betz, and Megan Neuf, who evidence-based clinical guidelines, Gaea Leinhardt, professor emeritus, were seniors in high school at the time, and Jakicic’s area of contribution and colleague Carla Van De Sande, Heather Bachman created M-Powerment, which won a will be related to the implications assistant professor of mathematics local Jefferson Award for Public Service. of physical activity. education at Arizona State University, Steve Bagnato, professor, received In addition, the women won a Jacqueline received the ED-MEDIA 2008 Outstanding the 2008 College of Education Alumni Kennedy Onassis Award for public service, Paper Award for “How Tutors Benefit Society Excellence in Education Award, one of the nation’s highest honors for from Participation in Open, Online the highest honor bestowed upon a humanitarian work. The Shaler seniors Homework Forums with a Spontaneous Pennsylvania State University College were selected from among 12,000 Participation Structure.” The paper is in of Education alumnus. David Monk, nominees and 350 local winners. the Proceedings of the World Conference dean of the College of Education at Of Dietz, Betz said, “He has made on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia Penn State, said, “You have demonstrated us into the women we are.” and Telecommunications 2008. Leinhardt by your professional contributions that also was named editor of Review of Jennifer Lin Russell you embody the philosophies and values Educational Research, one of the top that we strive so hard to achieve as journals in education. a college.”

John Jakicic

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Faculty and Staff Promotions

Linda Berardi-Demo was promoted Rick Donato, associate professor, has Amanda Godley, associate professor, the school to develop innovative curricula education program, he also will work start by examining real practices and then to assistant dean for operations and been appointed chair of the Department of has been appointed associate chair of the and programs and establish links with other with faculty in the School of Arts take these ideas, expand upon them, and enrollment management. Dean Alan Instruction and Learning. At Pitt since 1989, Department of Instruction and Learning. universities. One of his first responsibilities and Sciences to develop an education apply them to their own practice. Lesgold Lesgold said, “This appointment recog- Donato is in the foreign language education Godley has taught English education at has been to develop an online program in minor and the forthcoming expanded said: “Smith is a model scholar who nizes the important role she is playing in program and has secondary appointments Pitt since 2002. As a faculty member, English education. Prior to this new role, track for community college leadership develops and tests important new ideas continually improving school operations in the School of Arts and Sciences Department Godley’s teaching of three key subjects— in the Higher Education Management about mathematics education and also and programs.” In the short time Berardi- of French and Italian Languages and Liter- basic college-level writing, gender and Program. Petrosky also will assist in the works hard to implement those ideas Demo has been with the school, she has atures and the Department of Linguistics. literacy, and high school-level grammar ongoing efforts to adapt school leader- in the real world and especially to help worked diligently to establish consistent Two of his papers received international and language instruction—is informed ship programming to address new state others implement them as well.” policies and procedures throughout the recognition: the Freeman Award for by an understanding of literacy as a social requirements and to leverage the school. Previously, Berardi-Demo was best published article in 2002 on foreign expertise and experience of the Institute Mary Kay Stein, professor and founding director of admissions and financial aid language teaching and the Edouard Morot- for Learning’s staff in urban districts director of the Learning Policy Center, in Pitt’s School of Medicine. Berardi- Sir Pedagogical Prize from the Institut Français across the nation. was appointed associate director for Demo has published in the Journal de Washington for the best article on the of College Admission and presented at Margaret Smith was promoted to the the National Association for College rank of full professor. Smith said her Admission Counseling and National “primary research interest is in supporting, Anthony Petrosky Conference on Equal Opportunity. understanding, and documenting the Petrosky progressed through the ranks in growth and development of prospective the English education program, and he has a joint appointment in the School of Arts and Sciences Department of English. His Amanda Godley prior administrative experience includes practice inseparable from cultural and serving as director of teacher education in historical institutions or ideologies. In her the school and as a member of the Board Mary Kay Stein role as associate department chair, she of Directors for the Western Pennsylvania Rick Donato will work closely with Donato to ensure Writing Project. He was instrumental in educational research and practice at teaching of French language, literature, the establishment of clear departmental the establishment of the Early Adolescent the Learning Research and Development or culture published in 2002 in the French policies and procedures. In addition, she English Language Arts Assessment Center (LRDC). LRDC Director Chuck

Linda Berardi-Demo Review. He has given presentations and is responsible for coordinating all student Development Lab, which was funded Perfetti said that “her expertise in mathe- conducted workshops both nationally and paperwork, starting with admission and by the National Board for Professional Margaret Smith matics instruction, teacher development, internationally on foreign language learning. ending with graduation. Teaching Standards. Petrosky has authored and the relationship between the policies As department chair, Donato sees his role or coauthored multiple books on reading, and practicing mathematics teachers and practices of teaching and learning as a facilitator of faculty and staff as they Anthony Petrosky, professor, was writing, and literacy and has published and the leaders who provide support to matches perfectly with LRDC’s educational collaborate to develop the department’s named associate dean, with the poetry in a variety of publications, including them.” She is a recognized scholar who, in research and practice goals.” Stein vision. He also plans to assist the faculty primary portfolio of academic program The English Record, The Georgia Review, 2006, received a Chancellor’s Distinguished established the Learning Policy Center and staff members as they strive to reach development. In this new role, he will The Ohio Review, and College Review. In Teaching Award. She has a practice-based in 2007 and remains its director. SCHOOL OF EDUCATION their individualwww.education professional goals..pitt.edu work with various programs throughout addition to developing an online English SCviewHOOL of teacher OF education: EDUCA HerTION students www.education.pitt.edu

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Six Tenure-stream Assistant Professors Join the School of Education

The School of Education welcomed six tenure- As a philosopher of education, Gunzen- Chris Lemons, assistant professor of Amy D. Otto has been at the University CALERIE (Comprehensive Assessment of the specialized knowledge that teachers stream assistant professors this past fall hauser seeks ways in which philosophy instruction and learning, recently completed since 2002 and recently was appointed Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of use as they teach children to comprehend and winter: Michael Gunzenhauser, Douglas and social theory can contribute to the his doctoral degree at Peabody College to a tenure-stream position. Currently, Energy) study, which is examining long- text. Scott has presented her research E. Kostewicz, Chris Lemons, Amy D. Otto, preparation and continual development of Vanderbilt University. His primary she is assistant director of the Physical term effects of caloric restriction. Otto has at various national meetings, including Sarah Scott, and Tanner LeBaron Wallace. of responsible and creative educators. research interests are in developing and Activity and Weight Management presented results from these studies at those of the American Educational He has published several articles on the evaluating effective reading interventions Research Center. She received a Bachelor national professional meetings and has Research Association and the Inter- Michael Gunzenhauser was appointed implications of high-stakes accountability for children who of Science degree in clinical dietetics published research in the Journal of the national Academy for Research in in 2008 to a tenure-stream position in policy for the philosophy of education, struggle with learning and nutrition from Pitt, along with a American Dietetic Association, Obesity Learning Disabilities. administrative and policy studies. Prior including an upcoming article in Teachers to read, including doctorate in exercise physiology. Otto Research (now Obesity), and Medicine & to moving to Pittsburgh, Gunzenhauser College Record. those considered also is a registered and licensed dietitian Science in Sports & Exercise. Recently, Tanner LeBaron Wallace received was an assistant professor in the College non-responsive in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. she received funding to establish a her doctoral degree in social research of Education at Oklahoma State University, Douglas E. Kostewicz joins the special in a response-to- Her primary responsibilities at Pitt are research agenda focused on prevention methodology from the Graduate School where he was involved education program in the Department of intervention model related to her work in federally funded and treatment of obesity in children and of Education & Information Studies at in collaborative studies Instruction and Learning. He completed and those with research projects underrepresented populations. the University of of large-scale whole- his doctoral work in special education at significant cognitive impairments such examining the role California, Los Angeles. school reform projects Pennsylvania State University. Having as Down syndrome. Lemons’ dissertation of exercise in body Sarah Scott joined the Department of Prior to her doctoral based on arts inte- previous experience working as a behavior project involved providing explicit phonics weight management. Instruction and Learning in January 2009 studies, Wallace gration. He worked analyst in child instruction to a group of children with These responsibilities as an assistant professor specializing completed a Master as a member of a welfare, Kostewicz Down syndrome and examining predictors include developing in reading. Scott’s research focuses on of Education degree team studying the initially focused of their responses to the intervention. the intervention reading comprehension instruction, teacher in risk and prevention Oklahoma A+ Schools and the North his research on the Additionally, Lemons has been involved materials that knowledge, and literacy coaching. A at Harvard University, Carolina A+ Network. Gunzenhauser’s academic and social with an effort to implement a research- are incorporated into clinical trials and former elementary worked as a community-based adolescent current research examines social justice difficulties exper- based reading program in kindergarten and supervising staff and graduate students school teacher, Scott mental health case manager, and taught issues related to professionalism, school ienced by students third- and fourth-grade classrooms. Lemons in this process. Otto also has played a also is engaged in middle school language arts as a public reform, and research methodology. He with emotional has presented his research at a variety of key role in the development and imple- research of teacher school teacher. Her research interests also is studying professional ethics and and behavioral disabilities. Currently, his national meetings, including those of the mentation of lifestyle interventions within learning, an endeavor focus on two distinct but compatible aspects how they relate to the changing contexts research interests include fluency-based Council for Exceptional Children, American the multicenter National Institutes of responding to calls for of applied developmental psychology: the of public school accountability, and he is academic interventions and the effects Educational Research Association, Council Health (NIH)-funded Diabetes Preven- more adequate forms effectiveness of prevention programming working with a team of doctoral students of teacher-initiated classroom interactions for Learning Disabilities, National Alliance tion Program, which demonstrated the of teacher preparation in addressing the multiple barriers to positive to study normalization and resistance of students with special needs. He plans of Black School Educators, and Society for importance of weight loss and physical and development in the United States. Scott development that at-risk adolescents face among Pennsylvania teachers and school to combine both research lines to center Research in Child Development. Prior to activity in the prevention of diabetes. completed her PhD in literacy, language, in school and community settings and the leaders. This team is investigating barriers on students with emotional and behavioral attending Vanderbilt, Lemons worked as Additionally, she is developing lifestyle and culture at the University of Michigan. methods researchers use to assess program to and opportunities for promoting respon- disabilities. He has recently published a research associate at the University of intervention materials for the multicenter Her dissertation, “Understanding the and policy effectiveness. sibility among diverse populations of articles in the Journal of Behavior Therapy Texas at Austin and as a special education NIH-funded Look AHEAD trial, which is Knowledge Demands for Teaching Reading students and tracking various responses that and Experimental Psychiatry, The Behavior teacher in a self-contained middle school examining the role of exercise and weight Comprehension: Mapping the Terrain,” communities and schools have made Analyst, and Behavioral Disorders. life skills class, a preschool autism unit, loss in the prevention of cardiovascular explores reading comprehension instruction to the pressures of external account- and an elementary school resource room. end points in type 2 diabetics, and the in fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms and SCabilityHOOL systems. 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Carol and Gene McGrevin School of Education Alumnus Help Students to Succeed Named 2008 Legacy Laureate

Wharton School, Gene aligned his profes- in Pitt’s School of Medicine and School Perrin also served on the U.S. Department sional interests with start-up and growth of Education. The Lois Lyden Zord and of Health and Human Services’ Advis- companies in the health care industry. Carol the Honorable Joseph Zord, Jr. Endowed ory Committee on Interdisciplinary, completed a Master of Arts in educational Scholarship in the School of Education Community-Based Linkages of the Health administration from Ryder College (now was inspired by and established in memory Resources and Services Administration Ryder University) and a PhD in educational of Carol’s mother. The fund is available to as well as the Commission on Accred- leadership from Georgia State University. Western Pennsylvania students who want itation of Allied Health Education to be elementary teachers. Programs’ Joint Review Committee on During her career, Carol served on the faculty Educational Programs in Athletic Training. at Pepperdine University, the University “I believe it is so important to support He has received numerous honors and of Northern Colorado, and Texas Christian teachers and the field of education,” says awards and has been an active member of University. Carol recently retired as a faculty Carol. “There wouldn’t be great doctors in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, member in the Department of Educational the world without great teachers. I hope American College of Sports Medicine, and Gene McGrevin, Carol Zord McGrevin, and Policy Studies and executive director of the this fund will help inspire others, as I was.” American Kinesiology Association. Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg Principals Center at Georgia State. In addition to her professional contributions, Carol is a Recently, the McGrevins established a member of the Board of Trustees of Southern very generous trust to be split between UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBU RGH As a child, Carol Zord McGrevin (BS ’64) LEGACY LAUREATE SOCIETY

wanted to follow in the footsteps of Catholic College in Dawsonsville, Ga.; vice the Zord Endowed Scholarship and cancer David H. Perrin David Perrin and Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg Whereas you . . . her mother, Lois Lyden Zord, a 1933 chair of the Board of Directors of Creating research scholarships for students studying Earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from our School of Education in 1985;

Are the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where you are University of Pittsburgh graduate, and Pride, Inc., in Atlanta, Ga.; and past member cancer treatment, cancer research, or responsible for its academic programs, including 86 undergraduate majors, 65 master’s degrees, and doctorates in 25 areas;

Previously served UNC-Greensboro as Dean of the School leader. He is the provost and vice chan- of Health and Human Performance, where you established of the Board of Directors for Ocee Community radiology at the School of Medicine. Carol In October 2008, School of Education the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness, dramatically become an educator. With the help of increased grant and contract funding, established two new doctoral programs, and increased diversity in both the faculty and student populations; says, “We hope that our scholarship reci- alumnus David Perrin was one of cellor for academic affairs, professor Have made lasting contributions to the science of athletic a scholarship she received as a Pitt student, Art Center (now the Johns Creek Art Center) training, building an extensive record of publication that includes numerous articles and textbooks, as well as serving as Editor in Chief of the Athletic Training Education Series and Founding Editor of the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation; 12 Pitt alumni to be named a University in the Department of Exercise and she graduated from her mother’s alma in Johns Creek, Ga. pients will make an impact on the world Began your distinguished career in higher education at the University of Pittsburgh as a research Clinical Instructor in the School of Education and previously held a number of other prestigious appointments, including Professor of Pittsburgh Legacy Laureate. The Legacy Sport Science, and former dean of the of Kinesiology and Joe Gieck Professor of Sports Medicine mater and became a teacher. Since then, by becoming dedicated to helping people. at the University of Virginia and Dean of the School of Health and Human Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; School of Health & Human Performance Have received a number of prominent appointments, With a desire to help others as they were It’s about helping others and hoping Laureate program recognizes Pitt alumni including serving on the U.S. Department of Health and Carol Zord McGrevin and her husband, Human Services Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages and were elected as a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American they will want to do the same.” who have excelled both professionally at the University of North Carolina Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education; and Gene, have been giving back. helped, Carol and Gene established funds Received numerous honors and awards, including the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Distinguished Educators Award, University of Virginia All-University Outstanding Teaching Award, and a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University and personally and who exemplify the best at Greensboro. of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, I hereby designate you a Legacy Laureate, one of the in leadership qualities and commitment University of Pittsburgh’s most distinguished alumni. Carol met Gene McGrevin when they Scholarships Offer Critical Assistance for Today’s College Student to the greater good of their professions, He was chair of the Department of Human Presented by were juniors at Baldwin High School in Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, Find Out How You Can Help the 23rd day of October 2008 the South Hills of Pittsburgh. Married their communities, and the world. Services and Joe Gieck Professor of A college education is important for success in today’s global economy; yet, given current financial Sports Medicine in the Curry School of in Heinz Memorial Chapel, Carol and uncertainty, it can be increasingly difficult for students to finance their education. College tuition Gene demonstrated their passion for costs for the 2008–09 academic year have risen faster than the Consumer Price Index, and some of Perrin, who earned his PhD at the school Education at the University of Virginia This citation was presented to David Perrin at the their professional interests and made the previously available funding sources are no longer available. According to the U.S. Department of in 1985, has made significant contributions and has held various teaching and athletic 2008 Legacy Laureate Dinner and Awards Ceremony. Education, applications for federal aid for the 2008–09 academic year are up 10 percent over last year. trainer positions at Pitt, Castleton State significant contributions to their respective Private loans also are becoming increasingly harder to obtain. Of the 60 private lenders from last to the body of sports medicine knowledge fields. 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James Cichra Jr. (BA ’49, MEd ’54) is programs, and she was the editor of Gabriel Basil (EdD ’74) retired at the annual Frostburg State University previously was the superintendent of Nam-Gi Park (PhD ’93) was elected a retired vice principal from the Pittsburgh the Statistics Teacher Network news- in December 2008 as president of mathematics symposium and is the cohost the Warwick School District. president of Gwangju National University Public Schools. He has participated in letter for three years. Lazerick also is Schenectady County Community College. of the cable television show MathTV, of Education on July 29, 2008. His goal is the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Senior an adjunct professor at Palm Beach He served as president for 17 years. shown regionally in Greene County, Pa. Nancy Elaine Kukulinsky (PhD ’87) to help the university become one of the Games for the past 20 years, winning Community College in Boca Raton. recently was promoted to chief financial best places to study education in Korea 11 medals—six gold, two silver, and In her spare time, she is a “zamler” Diana J. Quatroche (MEd ’76, PhD ’91) Ronald Sofo (PhD ’81), superintendent officer of RLC Management Services, Inc., and to earn high international rankings. three bronze—in the summer of 2008. (book gatherer) for the National Yiddish received the Indiana State University of the Freedom Area School District in a group of companies in central Kentucky. Book Center in Amherst, Mass. President’s Medal for excellence in Freedom, Pa., had a solicited manuscript She has retired from academics after Pamela Pulkowski (EdD ’01) recently Shirley Shratter (BS ’52, MEd ’73) and teaching, research, and professional published in the Harvard Educational serving 35 years at Pennsylvania was appointed assistant superintendent Morris Shratter (BS ’50, MEd ’56), both Teresa Ann Pope (MEd ’71, PhD ’83) and academic leadership. Quatroche Review, titled “Beyond NCLB and AYP: State University, Pitt, the University of of the Wyomissing Area School District retired teachers, initiated a program on spent 35 years in the field of education is an associate professor and chair of One Superintendent’s Experience of School Cincinnati, and the University of Kentucky. in Wyomissing, Pa. public access television titled More before retiring in 2005. Pope started as the Department of Early, Elementary, District Reform.” The article, based upon than Just Learning. The show focuses a French teacher in the Aliquippa School and Special Education in the College five years of successful teacher-led school Aimee Garay-Molly (MAT ’91) taught Abedalbasit Abedalhafiz (PhD ’03) on the importance of education. District (1967–69), moved to Swissvale of Education at reform initiatives, argues that schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools for was promoted to associate professor with High School (1971–84), and later served as Indiana State. need bottom-up solutions more than a approximately six years and the Brevard tenure at the Hashemite University Billie Lederman-Bauman (MAT ’67) assistant principal at Kennard-Dale High She serves as top-down mandate if they are to prepare Public Schools in Brevard County, Fla., in Jordan. is the assistant principal of instructional School (1984–85) and Downingtown Junior the university all students to meet 21st-century work- for five years. While teaching at James services at St. Catharine Academy in the High School (1986–88). Pope completed her liaison to the force demands and academic standards. Madison Middle School in Florida, she Nicole Cebula (MAT ’04) is now Bronx, N.Y. A former assistant principal for career as an assistant principal with the National Academy The essay offers a window into the complex earned the 2000–01 Teacher of the Year working as a biofuel training specialist pupil personnel services for the New York North Penn School District (1988–2005). of Education process of instructional reform at the class- Award. Garay-Molly now works for for Novozymes. City public schools, she was a marathon Commission on room, school, and district levels. Sofo also Goodwill Industries of the Conemaugh runner for 25 years. She continues to Ken Wissmann (MA ’72) is currently Teacher Education and is a member of has coauthored a book, No Bad Schools: Valley, Inc., in Johnstown Pa., as a career Esteban Anzoise (EdD ’05) published his be active in the cycling community and teaching statistics at Shenandoah the committee on the role of reading On the High Road to Educational Reform. planner and outreach facilitator for the doctoral dissertation, “Higher Education completes many 100-mile rides per year. University in Winchester, Va. He also is specialists. Her husband, J. Robert Southern Alleghenies Career Education Accreditation and Organizational Change: a working musician and playwright. Quatroche (PhD ’75), was the assistant John George (MEd ’87, EdD ’91) recently Partnership for Youth. The Case of Universidad Tecnológica Beth Lazerick (BS ’68) is in her ninth to the president and secretary to the was appointed the executive director of Nacional in Argentina.” year at Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Jane Bluestein (BS ’73, MAT ’74, PhD university and Board of Trustees. the Berks County Intermediate Unit. He Raton, Fla., and her 35th year in education. ’80) published the Facilitator’s Guide She earned a master’s degree from to the Win-Win Classroom. Bluestein Paul Sielski (MEd ’80, PhD ’88) Columbia University Teachers College formerly was a classroom teacher, crisis is a professor of mathematics at and a PhD from Kent State University. intervention counselor, teacher training Waynesburg University. He has spoken In Memoriam After six years teaching high school program coordinator, and volunteer numerous times at regional and national mathematics, she returned to middle with high-risk teens at a day treatment conferences for the National Council of Fyrne Pearlstein Bergstein (BS ’64), Edwin Carey (BA ’46, MEd ’48), on July Sara Margaret Nevling (BA ’49), school, where she continues to teach program. Currently she heads Instructional Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and on July 16, 2008, after a long battle with 9, 2008, in Memphis, Tenn. Carey was on August 3, 2008. math. Recently, Lazerick spent two Support Services, Inc., a consulting and presented a paper on mathematics in cancer. She was the cofounder of the a retired commander in the U.S. Navy summers working for John Hopkins resource firm in Albuquerque, N.M. sports for NCTM in Cleveland, Ohio, in Valley Nursery School in Monessen, Pa., Reserve as well as a retired elementary Agnes Tonkovich Pocsik (MEd ’58), University’s Center for Talented Youth October 2008. He is a frequent speaker which she operated for many years. school principal who had worked in on April 4, 2008. SCHOOL OF EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu SCNewHOOL Castle, OF Del. EDUCATION www.education.pitt.edu

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