Education Knowledge | Enquiry | Empathy | Pluralism

LIU Brooklyn Spring 2012 Volume 1 | Issue 2

Spotlight on Education Knowledge | Enquiry | Empathy | Pluralism | Social Commitment

Dean’s Message Dear LIU Brooklyn,

I write to share with you a thread of thinking that has woven itself into the many work-a-day events of my life as a dean. In August, my friend and mentor, Vito Perrone, died. Many School of Education students know Vito Perrone through his book, Teacher with a Heart, which they read in some TAL courses. As a book which brings to life the work of Leonard Covello and the history of education in New York City, Teacher with a Heart is one reading that students remember with both fondness and insight.

Vito’s death was deeply sad for me, and while I have mourned the loss of this educator who stood firm against the overuse of standardized testing and worked diligently to be sure students of color had full opportunities to become teachers and school leaders, I thought about our relationship and what having him as a mentor has meant in my work and life.

I worked with Vito Perrone from 1979 to 1986 as his associate dean when he was dean of the Dr. Cecelia Traugh, Dean Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of North Dakota. The wonderful thing about School of Education our work together was that, although he was a national figure, he and I worked together. I was quickly included in his activities and brought “alongside” him in his thinking—and for him thinking and action were entirely interwoven. Through this I learned how an educator could live his and her social commitments through their work. For Vito, public education was a deep valuing, and schools and classroom teaching were what mattered. He lived this in the usual ways of university Inside this issue… educators and in the not so usual. For example, he became a high school teacher for a year in Grand Forks, and we were both involved in the Ford Foundation national study of schools that was School of Education News | 2 part of a high school reform effort and became the book, Portraits of High Schools. Vito was deeply Faculty Spotlight | 4 committed to self-determination, and in North Dakota one thing that meant was finding ways to educate Native American teachers for reservation schools so that children attending those schools Alumni Spotlight | 4 had teachers who were part of their communities. To this end, we flew all over the large state in Highlights | 4 – 5 very small planes bringing teacher education programs to where people lived. Vito believed strongly in knowledge that developed through experience, and for teachers he felt bringing that Student Spotlight | 5 knowledge forward was a critical factor in their education. I had never worked with a university Have You Heard? | 5 person who used his experiential base as the bottom-line test for the ideas and theory he read and heard from various speakers, and I learned the power of this capacity. On a day-to-day basis, this Community Connection | 6 particular value meant that I had to fight with the graduate dean of UND when a long-term September Graduates | 7 – 8 teacher’s GRE scores did not meet the cutoff he had set. January Graduates | 9 These memories and thoughts have made me also think about students in our programs here and In the coming months… | 10 wonder about the ways we are establishing relationships of a mentoring nature--not only professorial relationships where authority can hold sway but relationships that bring students The Last Word | 11 alongside us in our thinking and our work, relationships that help us see the possibilities of enacting deep values about human capacities. I invite you to share your experiences in this regard.

Best wishes, Cecelia Traugh School of Education News

Vaibhavee R. Agaskar, a visiting assistant professor of counseling for 2011-2012, co-authored Relationships Among Client-Therapist Personality Congruence, Working Alliance, and Therapeutic Outcome in the summer 2011 issue of Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice.

Dr. Agaskar also co-authored Relationship Among the Working Alliance and Social Support on Counseling Outcome in volume 67 (summer 2011) of the Journal of Clinical Psychology (pp. 709-719).

Evelyn Castro, adjunct professor of Educational Leadership, participated in a panel on Educational Disparity and Minority Youth at Quinnipiac University on September 16, 2011.

Amy Ginsberg, associate dean, along with LIU colleagues across the institution, presented Maximizing Blended Program Effectiveness through Faculty and Student Feedback at the 17th annual Sloan-C international Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, FL, November 9-11, 2011.

Linda Jacobs, professor of school psychology, presented The Analyst's Maternal Presence/Presents: The Mutative Impact of the Analyst's Affective Engagement at the annual conference of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Madrid, Spain, June 29-July 2, 2011.

Andrew Livanis, associate professor of School Psychology and HDL Department Chair, presented Separating the Science from the Science Fiction of Autism Treatments at the New York Association of School Psychologists (NYASP) Conference in Syracuse, NY, on October 27, 2011.

Dr. Livanis presented Diagnosing Autism Internationally: The Integration of Culture in Research and Clinical Practice at the 119th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC in August 2011.

Raven Maldonado, HDL Advisor, passed the National Clinical Mental Health Counselors Examination (NCMHCE) on August 1, 2011. Congratulations Raven!

Stanley Nass, full professor of Counseling, returned after an extended absence. Welcome back, Dr. Nass! Amber Pabon, a visiting instructor in teaching and learning, co-authored Minding the Gap: Cultivating Black Male Teachers in Time of Crisis in Urban Schools in the Summer 2011 special issue of the Journal of Negro Education.

Michael Pregot, assistant professor of educational leadership, presented Brewster, Massachusetts Public Education in 1820 at the meeting of the Nauset Historical Society on August 21, 2011.

Dr. Pregot served over the summer on the Administrator Assessment Subcommittee of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Administration Professors (MCEAP), which reviewed the new New York State Principal Evaluation Procedures and provided feedback to the New York State Department of Education.

Ellen Short, associate professor of counseling, presented a workshop entitled Curriculum Planning and Implementation in a Multicultural Counseling Course: Explorations of Intersectionality at the 11th annual Diversity Challenge conference in Chestnut Hill, MA, October 28-29, 2011.

Dr. Short co-authored a chapter entitled Racial and Ethnic Group Differences in Intelligence in the United States in The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence, edited by R. J. Sternberg and Scott Barry Kaufman (2011).

Wendi Williams, assistant professor of counseling, co-authored an article entitled Development and Validation of the Internalized Racial Oppression Scale for Black Individuals in the July 2011 (vol 58, 2) issue of the Journal of Counseling Psychology.

Dr. Williams served as a discussant for a symposium entitled Trauma, Coping and Resilience in Black Women at the 119th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC in August 2011.

Dr. Williams presented In Her Own Words: Black Women Talk Race, Gender and Sexuality at the 11th annual Diversity Challenge conference in Chestnut Hill, MA, October 28-29, 2011.

2 3 Community Connection

Lékol ~ The Teacher Resource Center’s current exhibition of photography and art, Lékol, is the work of Vanissa Chan, a NYC Teaching Fellow, a photojournalist and social activist who began at LIU in 2006, and some of her 3rd and 4th grade students from last year. The exhibit documents life in Haiti in the aftermath of the hurricane 2 years ago, and includes art and text from her students. Some of the student art mirrors the photos. In addition, important questions the exhibition addresses include teaching of the history of the Americas, of a sustainable environment, of climate change, of childhood, poverty, and personal responsibility. An opening reception on February 10th hosted the student participants, paraprofessionals who worked with them, parents, LIU students and faculty, and a high school afterschool group of students.

Dariel James Foundation ~ The Teacher Resource Center (TRC) is not only a place where students can meet and study. It is also a place where community educators can apply to for use of its resources, and space for special short-term projects. One such community educator, Dariel James, holds a doctorate in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University, but her true passion lies in the TRC, she applied and received permission to teach quilting and other arts to the seniors of Central Brooklyn. The Foundation was able to document its work at the TRC, which has led to the Foundation receiving grants from the Brooklyn Council of the Arts, the New York City Council and two other foundations. Several grants from Brooklyn Arts Council’s Regrant program have been awarded for Quilting and other Community Workshops. In addition, this Teaching Artist has been able to support workspace because of the TRC.

Angeli Rasbury ~ Angeli Rasbury, Brooklyn resident, attorney, author, artist and educator realized that the way to ensure a better tomorrow for urban youth is not in the docket. She decided to use her time to mentor and tutor children. Angeli heard about the TRC and has used it to tutor urban youth in math and English. Students who were once floundering in writing and reading have excelled under her personal tutelage. Recently, Angeli used the Teacher Resource Center to edit and rehearse a compelling choreopoem entitled All My Sisters. The choreopoem addresses the choices and consequences young people make when they conform to peer pressure. The choreopoem was recently performed by two Emmy-winning opera singers at the Macon Public Library in Bedford Stuyvesant and DIVAS for Social Justice’s place at the Magnolia Tree Center in Bedford- Stuyvesant. Angeli plans to perform the short operatic piece in NYC public schools, as the piece is a great vehicle to stimulate conversation with urban youth.

Discovery Day 2012 The Annual Brooklyn Campus Showcase was held on March 28th, to recognize the scholarly work, and pedagogical achievements of faculty, staff, students and alumni, and to share ideas across and among disciplines and professional areas of study. Several School of Education students and faculty participated in this year’s event.

Employee Art Exhibition The Salena Gallery hosted an Employee Art Exhibition from March 5th – 30th, where faculty and staff showcased their artistic talents. School of Education participants included Dr. Ruth Daniels, TLL Assistant Professor and Candy Systra, Director of the Teaching Fellows Program.

6 4 Faculty Spotlight: Marlene Munn-Joseph Highlights

Marlene S. Munn-Joseph is an Associate SASP Clothesline Project Professor and Director of Field Experiences and School Relations in the Teaching and Learning Department of the School of Education, LIU Brooklyn. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Indiana University-Bloomington. Prior to joining the LIU community, Marlene was a faculty member at Hofstra University School of Education, a NYC high school teacher of social studies where she was awarded Queens High School Teacher of the Year and served as a grants administrator in a Long Island school district responsible for the management of over $4,000,000 in state and federal funding. Marlene’s research The student affiliates of school agenda includes parent school relations in black communities, education in majority psychology (SASP) is an black suburbs, and black teacher preparation. Her scholarship has appeared in the organization founded by the Journal of Public School Relations, Urban Education, and Race, Gender, and students to encourage graduate Class. She was the recipient of the Indiana University Minority Fellowship, Minority students studying the field of Education Leadership Award, and has been awarded several grants including Hofstra School Psychology at Long Island University Faculty Diversity Research and Curriculum Development Grant, New York University to become involved. State Teacher Opportunity Corps grant, New York State Enhancing Educational Our intent is to include each and Technology grant, and the Planned Parenthood Community Based Adolescent every student interested in School Prevention Program grant. Psychology in the organization.

SASP is an outlet for students to Alumni Spotlight: Jerome Ellison meet and discuss different aspects of School Psychology, professional and school-oriented. This is BS in Childhood Urban Education SASP's first year as a recognized Class of 2009 school organization, and our intention is to make it a great one with even better years to follow. Jerome Ellison was honored as the School of Education’s Symbolic Recipient at the 2009 commencement SASP has a number of exciting ceremony. Upon graduating, he was hired to teach in a events planned this year. The first grade CTT classroom at P.S. 8 in Brooklyn Heights. Clothesline Project was our first This is his story: official event, which took place “I was born and raised in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York. As I reflected October 17th to the 21st, and it on my childhood I began to realize that education has played the biggest role in helping was a great success. Other overcome numerous challenges in my life. Losing both of my parents at a young age, I exciting events planned for the could have easily fallen victim to the temptations of the inner city streets. I grew up upcoming academic year will be with kids who were smart and came from wonderful families but were lost in the an LIU School Psychology violence, drugs, and crime that pollutes our communities. It is my love of education conference with Sam Goldstein, that allowed me to become a first generation college graduate. This love is what led and Take Back the Night. As it is me to pursue a career in education. I can honestly say that I found my heart’s passion. the club's first official year there is As I move forward I am committed to showing students that no matter where you a lot of room for growth and come from or what challenges you may have faced, a quality education can help you expansion as well as opportunities accomplish anything that you put your mind to. I live my life by the line, ‘If you can to be heard. We look forward to a think it, you can be it.’ I would like to thank Long Island University’s School of great first year. Education for helping me to become a lifelong reflective learner. Thanks for instilling in me the educational values through your KEEPS mission that enables me to set high Reham Mougrabi, standards for myself as well as my students. It is because of this perspective that I can SASP President understand and appreciate the wonderful possibilities, power, and responsibility of [email protected] being an urban educator.”

4 5 Highlights Student Spotlight: Kamau Harper

AEIOU (Bake Sale) Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership

Often, students enroll in our Educational Leadership program with a specific purpose in mind. One such innovative student is Kamau Harper, who is the co- founder of the Scholarich Foundation. As the CEO of several Kamau Harper (seated above on the left) companies that include music, fashion and entertainment marketing, Kamau funnels these proceeds to the Scholarich Foundation. Scholarich is a non-profit organization that makes education more attractive to urban youth by providing engaging co-curricular programs that instill FUN kids at work preparing baked academic responsibility in its students. goods Workshops in broadcast journalism, financial literacy, healthy living, and fashion design, Club AEIOU is committed to the to name just a few, are used to teach reading, math and the importance of academic welfare and education of urban excellence. youth. On Wednesday, November 2, the club Social media is prominent in all of these concerns and is where you can go to find out collaborated with the FUN more about Scholarich. Log on to www.scholarich.com, or visit their blog at Program to host two bake sale scholarich.blogspot.com, Facebook at www.facebook.com/scholarichentertainment, or events. All proceeds from the Tumblr at www.tumblr.com/tagged/scholarich. sales will benefit the children of Ms. Zurana Horton, who sadly lost her life protecting school children from gunfire outside of a public school. Have you heard? The bake sale received support from the nearby community as well as LIU-community members. As of January 2012, the SOE department names have changed! Among the contributors were: Fatima Kafele – Director of HDL is now CSP – the Department of Counseling and School Psychology Community Outreach and Arts at & LIU Brooklyn, Corinthia Carter – TAL is now TLL – the Department of Teaching, Learning and Leadership Graduate Political Science major at LIU Brooklyn, Okarita Stevens – Co-Director, Higher Education AND THERE’S MORE…. Opportunity Program (H.E.O.P) at LIU Brooklyn and Crumbs The Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership, previously housed in Bakery. HDL, has joined TLL and boasts a new format fusing online learning with traditional classroom studies. This blended Saturday format significantly Club AEIOU has plans for future reduces the amount of time students spend on campus while maximizing community outreach as they work interaction with faculty members and fellow students. to increase their membership and campus presence. To learn more about the Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership’s blended Saturday program, contact Jolli Brown, Student Enrollment Outreach Specialist, at (718) 488-1380 / [email protected] or Michael Pregot, Program Coordinator, at (718) 488-1203 /[email protected].

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Commencement Exercises

May 10, 2012 10:15am

MCU Park, Home of the Brooklyn Cyclones 1904 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

For more information, please copy the following link into your Internet browser: http://www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/StudentLife/Commencement

Congratulations, September 2011 Graduates! Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Education Master of Science in Education Danielle Nicole Byrd ~ Inclusive Childhood & Special Education Kasi Kamilah Addison ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Nicole Delaine Collins ~ Inclusive Childhood & Special Education Rosemary Albujar ~ Secondary Education: English Maxine Estrada Algenio ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Advanced Certificate Latisha Tawana Anderson ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Alberta Martin ~ Educational Leadership Mahitot Elizabeth Arnold ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Sara Teresa Naegele ~ Early Childhood Urban Education Roseema Shahnaz Bacchus ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Master of Science Maxxe Lynne Baker ~ Childhood/Early Childhd Urban Ed Roxanne Juliet Beaton ~ Mental Health Counseling Stephane Cristin Barile ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Marlyn Cazeau-Llenas ~ Mental Health Counseling DeShanna Barker ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Onaopemipo Morenike Famule ~ Mental Health Counseling Kimberly Ann Barker ~ School Counseling Amber LaDorne Hooper ~ Mental Health Counseling Michelle Ann Beadle ~ Childhood/Early Childhd Urban Ed Menucha Rachel Kamin ~ Mental Health Counseling LeShorn Sade Benjamin ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Jennifer Lynn Katz ~ Mental Health Counseling Ryan Louis Bradley ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Dmitriy Lushchik ~ Mental Health Counseling Nyginer Tameeka Brewer ~ School Counseling Edward Nepo ~ Mental Health Counseling Thais B. Brown ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities David Perez ~ Mental Health Counseling Terence Howard Caufield ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Erica Sobolow ~ Mental Health Counseling Karen Denise Davis ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Yehoshua Yehuda Tabi ~ Mental Health Counseling Ana Maria Delgado ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Stacey Vilme ~ Mental Health Counseling Wendy Sarah DeLoughy ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Miriam Cecilia Acosta ~ TESOL Carlos De Jesus Diaz ~ TESOL Shaw-nae’ Marie Dixon ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities

7 7 Congratulations, September 2011 Graduates!

Master of Science in Education Master of Science in Education Tyler Joseph Domino ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Nkomo Morris ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Dwayne Paul Dundas ~ Secondary Ed: Biology Yanira Maria Negron ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Amanda Blair Elkoumi ~ School Counseling Francine E. Nittolo ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Carly Jade Everhart ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Claire Elizabeth O’Connor ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Nicholas Joseph Fortier ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Kathleen Ann O’Hara ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Kimberly Kayla Fox ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Fred William Pinckney, Jr. ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Tatianna Nolita Francis ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Margrit Pittman-Poletta ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Najah Nakya Gall ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Yanick Poitevien ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Derek Maxey Getschow ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Judy-Ann Simone Powell ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Nathan D. Gibson ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Emily Reardon ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Detra S. Gillians ~ School Counseling Denise Richmond ~ School Counseling Katherine Elizabeth Glass ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Jessica Rivera ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Sarah Ann Glover ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Aisling Roche ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Mary Ryan Godley ~ TESOL Harriet Joyce Roffe ~ Secondary Ed: Social Studies Sara Colette Goebel ~ School Counseling Matthew Rothenberg ~ School Counseling Kevin Goetz ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Nicole Adrienne Sackler ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Dagmar Gonzalez ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Katherine Anne Saffady ~ Early Childhood Urban Ed Althea Pauline Gordon-Scott ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Moussa Sane ~ TESOL Keisha S. Graham ~ Secondary Education: English Jenna Scroope ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Thekisha Fatima Guillot ~ School Counseling Monica Simone ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Elizabeth Catherine Hetzer ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Tivon Lamar Skinner ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Jeremy Benjamin Heyman ~ TESOL Lincoln Sanderson Smith ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Heather Alexandra Hightower ~ TESOL Maria Helena Smith ~ Bilingual School Counseling Kathleen M. Hopkins ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Janet Marie Stephens ~ TESOL Yves-Nelly Jessyca Jean-Jacques ~ Teach Urban Adol Dis Bernadine B. Stevens ~ School Counseling Jessica Jean-Marie ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Claire Barrett Tanner ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Tamara Latania Johnson ~ Secondary Education: English Chloe C. Tennyson ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Darline Marie Joseph ~ Bilingual School Counseling Lauren Angela Teresa ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Jeannine Rochelle King ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Chantay Antoinette Thompson ~ Teach Urban Adol Dis Ivy Klenetsky ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Therese Marie Toussaint ~ Teach Urban Child Dis Nicholas M. Klinovsky ~ TESOL Latishia Monique Towles ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Jessica Florence Knudson ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Dylan Raymond Tramm ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Miriam Krent ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Adaeze Erica Ubawike ~ School Counseling Ginger Laforestrie ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Jordan Gabriel Vickers ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Amanda Lakomy ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Jacqueline Elizabeth Walsh ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Pablo Alexander Lantigua ~ Secondary Ed: Social Studies Latoya Altia Washington ~ Secondary Education: English Camila Sofia Leiva ~ TESOL Anjali Wason ~ TESOL Karen Kayan Leung ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Joanne C. Watson ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Lauren Elizabeth Links ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Brianne Marie Wegter ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Shari Lauren Long ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Cindy L.West ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Christian Nicholas Lovrich ~ School Counseling Jamie Kate Wilber ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Nechuma Dina Lowenstein ~ Early Childhood Urban Ed Grace Lyn Williams ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Dinh Lu-Berio ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Lynn Ann Wills ~ Secondary Education: Social Studies Melina Luzaida Lucio ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Eric Glenn Wilson ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Nora Karin Madsen ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Kendra E. Woods ~ Secondary Education: English Christopher Alexander Manning ~ School Counseling Karla R. Wurzel ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Kevin A. Marquez ~ TESOL Aneesa Sarah Yadali ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Michael Martucci ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Lisa Yim ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities James Bickley McSwiney ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Victor Ying ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Jorge Alberto Monterrosa ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities

8 8 Congratulations, January 2012 Graduates!

Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Education Master of Science in Education Mary Canada ~ Childhood Urban Education Madeleine A. Humphreys ~ TESOL Diana Darevskaya ~ Childhood Urban Education Miriam Louise Iglesias ~ Secondary Education: Social Studies Meagan F. McGovern ~ Childhood Urban Education Edrick Rebecca Johnson ~ School Counseling Nastassia Allison McKenzie ~ Childhood Urban Education Julie Kaplan ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Samantha Keogh ~ School Counseling Advanced Certificate Jesse Alexander LaRusso ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Adrienne Pritchett Dames ~ Educational Leadership Min Ying Li ~ Bilingual School Counseling Lakisha W. David ~ Early Childhood Urban Education Shasta Rose Lockwood ~ TESOL Starr C. Jones ~ Educational Leadership Linda Lee Lowry ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Carrie Diane Nathaniel ~ Early Childhood Urban Education Christopher Robert Maddalone ~ Secondary Ed: Social Studies Christine Elizabeth Magee ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Master of Science Daniela G. Munoz ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Natasha Devi Apanah ~ Mental Health Counseling Julie Ann Nalty ~ TESOL Suzanne Danielle Dyer ~ Mental Health Counseling Laura Anne Paddock ~ TESOL Viviane Ouedraogo ~ Mental Health Counseling Janeen Padilla ~ School Counseling Adiasha Kinda Richards ~ Mental Health Counseling Shirley Mary Paillant ~ School Counseling Shakeia T. Smith ~ Mental Health Counseling Svetlana Pesh ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Ekaterina Prilipko ~ TESOL Master of Science in Education Sabriana Ilana Raco ~ Early Child Urban Education Loraine Boston ~ TESOL Nancy Ribak Altadonna ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Cheris Sarah Bradsher ~ School Counseling Audrene S. Rowe ~ TESOL Paul Joseph Branca ~ Childhood Urban Education Giselle Ruiz ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Lakiya Shavonne Burrell ~ TESOL Nakia N. Serrant ~ Secondary Education: Mathematics Amber Dawn ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Catherine A. Signoriello ~ TESOL Mark Delaney Dever ~ TESOL Jessica Lynn Skarvinko ~ TESOL Brett Harris Dobin ~ School Counseling Ebonee A. Smith ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Kate Dormeus ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Damaris Stevens ~ Bilingual School Counseling Matthew James Edwards ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Alicia Renee Thacker ~ Teach Urban Adol Disabilities Bridgett Necole Franklin ~ School Counseling Janice Vilorio ~ Childhood Urban Education Kasey Angela Freer ~ School Counseling Benjamin Le-Roy Williams ~ Olivia Mbinya Fundi ~ TESOL Melissa Monique Williams ~ School Counseling Megan Kristy Greco ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities Adriana Lisa Woolley ~ School Counseling Genieva Gregg ~ Teach Urban Child Disabilities

May 2012 Graduates will be listed in the next issue of Spotlight on Education!

9 9 The Last WORD

Notes from a Serial Facebooker Consider this: Five years from now, in 2017, a cohort of children will turn 13 and will be eligible to begin their own Facebook accounts. Those children will never have known a time without Facebook. Facebook is a phenomenon that cannot be ignored – this summer we will see 1 billion people on Facebook – that means that 1 out of every 7 people on the planet will be using Facebook as of August 2012.

The social ramifications of Facebook are staggering. It has introduced new words to the English language (e.g., “facebooking” and “unfriend”). In Australia and New Zealand, Facebook can serve as a valid means to serve court ordered subpoenas. Facebook serves as a primary means of communication for protestors in Arab Spring, European and the various worldwide “Occupy” movements, which could alter the course of history.

While Facebook has the potential to influence larger social structures and events, it can influence your development as a teacher, leader, counselor, or school psychologist. By no means should Facebook be used instead of sharing real time with one another. But in some instances, that is not possible, and the use of social networks allows us to maintain a connection with someone until we can meet with them again and further deepen our bonds.

Participating in Facebook interactions allows us to further define ourselves. In many programs, you will be asked to develop and complete a professional portfolio. I suggest that Facebook can be looked at as an ongoing continuous personal portfolio that is never completed. And in many respects, the process of facebooking can be one tool of many that can help in our development as educators and in achieving the KEEPS claims.

Periodically, I like to go back and review what I felt was important to me a year or two ago, and compare that to today. That process allows for a personal enquiry into how I have developed as a person over time. Should you decide to engage in this process, there are usually quite a number of things that can be examined? You “like” what you believe in, and it is publicly posted for everyone to see and discuss - has what you “liked” changed over time? How? Why? How have others’ comments changed your stance or your position on various issues? Are you over-focusing on the negatives in your life and not “patting yourself on the back” for the positives? Such self-examination can be limitless and valuable.

Facebook can also serve to extend our sense of community by increasing our knowledge of what is important to others. Colleagues that move away or professionals that you meet at conferences can continue to be part (in a somewhat more limited fashion) of your network. By reading the articles, comments, views, videos, pictures and jokes of people’s profiles, you can appreciate the people around you, and enhance your empathic understanding of them. You might not ultimately agree with their positions, but you can develop a healthy respect for alternative points of view. Profiles allow for public discourses that can help stimulate a healthy shared enquiry among participants, and the ability of anyone to join any discussion allows for a more participatory and democratic sharing of ideas.

Facebook is often criticized as being silly, irreverent, and trivial. That can be true at times, and many of us are guilty in this regard. People in my social network can attest to the fact that I often describe, in gluttonous detail (and often in pictures) what I ate and where I ate it (and how much I loved it at the moment, and regretted it afterwards…). However, used judiciously, Facebook can serve as a tool for educators to further the KEEPS mission in their careers and their lives.

Andrew Livanis Chair, Department of Counseling and School Psychology [email protected]

11 10 In the coming months… May 5/1 – Last day to withdraw from Undergraduate classes 5/3 – Teaching, Learning & Leadership Open House: 4pm – 7pm, Pratt, 2nd Floor 5/9 – School of Education Graduation Reception: 5pm – 7pm, Luntey Commons 5/17 – Counseling & School Psychology Open House: 5pm – 7pm, Pratt, 2nd Floor 5/21-25 – Dept. of CSP Summer Institute: Dying, Death & Bereavement 5/24 – Teaching, Learning & Leadership Open House: 5pm – 7pm, Pratt, 2nd Floor

June / July 6/6 – Last day to apply for September degree 6/14 – Open House for all Education majors: Thursday, 5pm – 7pm, Pratt, 2nd Floor 6/23 – Open House for all Education majors: Saturday, 10am – 2pm, Pratt, 2nd Floor 6/25 – Last day to withdraw from graduate courses 7/2 – Summer II Weekday classes begin 7/3 – Summer II – Late registration ends 7/19 – Open House for all Education majors: Thursday, 5pm – 7pm, Pratt, 2nd Floor 7/21 – Open House for all Education majors: Saturday, 10am – 2pm, Pratt, 2nd Floor

2012 Summer Institutes

Department of Counseling & School Psychology

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2012 CSP 746: “MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO TREATING AUTISM” !

July 9th through July 13th from 10am-5pm *CSP students may register for section 1 of CSP 746 !

• Description: CSP 746 will review autism spectrum disorders (ASD). There will be an emphasis on etiology, symptomology (i.e., social, communicative, motor, and stereotypical issues), identification, and appropriate supports for individuals with autism. Students will have an opportunity to be exposed to current research regarding ASD, as well as current legal issues, legislations and movements that define current practice in the field.

• This course will satisfy an elective requirement for Mental Health Counseling and School Psychology students.

• See your advisor or Chair if you are interested in taking advantage of this class.

10 11 We Want to Hear From You!

We want to hear about the NOTEWORTHY things our students, alumni/ae and faculty are doing – presenting, publishing, research, community involvement, higher educational pursuits, etc.

We’d also love to include your experiences for possible inclusion in future newsletters!

Editorial Team

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Registration and Fees

The fee for this conference is $20 (LIU students are exempt from this charge.) To register, please contact Marita Downes at (718) 488-3472 / [email protected].