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Cristy McGoff has been named director of the UNCG Office of Research Integrity (ORI). She has led the office as interim director since August 2012. She served more than two years as assistant director for Research Integrity. Full story at Research News.
Dr. Catherine Matthews (Education) was awarded the Outstanding 9-16 Educator Award in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education for her work mentoring future educators. The North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center (SMT) presented the honor at their annual awards dinner on Saturday to honor teachers, students and organizations throughout the state that have made an impact on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and development. Matthews boasts a 40-year career in science and 20 years with UNCG. One of her notable accomplishments is the design and implementation of the Environmental Education Professional Development for Schools program (PDS), where Matthews has mentored future educators as undergraduate students and helped usher them into their teaching career. The award recipients were nominated by their colleagues as outstanding champions of STEM education in the state of North Carolina.
Dr. John Locke (Music) has been named a 2013 recipient of the Signature Sinfonian Award by the National Offices of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. The Signature Sinfonian award recognizes alumni members who have achieved a high standard of accomplishment in their field or profession, thereby bringing honor to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
The Signature Sinfonian represents an elite class of Sinfonians who exhibit a high standard of performance in their area of profession or service work. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is the world’s oldest and largest secret national fraternal society in music.
Locke is director of bands and also director of the UNCG Summer Music Camp.
Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Ruppell (Biology) received additional funding from the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement for the project “The Influence of Change in Habitat Structure from Switchgrass and Biomass Treatments on Community, Population, and Individual Behavioral Responses of Rodents.”
Dr. Edna Chun (HR) will speak on her forthcoming co-authored book “The New Talent Acquisition Frontier: Integrating HR and Diversity Strategy” as part of an invited Meet the Author session. It will be at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in New Orleans on May 30. Details here. Chun is associate vice chancellor for human resources.
Dr. Roy Schwartzman, professor of Communication Studies and Faculty Teaching & Learning Commons Online Education Fellow, has won the 2013 National Association of Communication Centers Joyce Ferguson Top Faculty Research Paper Award. The winning paper, “Lurching Toward Digitality: Synchronous Online Chats and the Next Generation of Communication Centers,” is posted on http://academia.edu/.
Dr. Sandy Shultz and Dr. Jennifer Etnier will be inducted this fall into the National Academy of Kinesiology, an organization committed to the promotion and study of the art and science of human movement. Academy fellows are selected based on their significant contributions to the study of human movement and physical activity. Shultz is a professor of kinesiology and co-director of the Applied Neuromechanics Research Laboratory. She is a noted expert in ACL injuries in females and conducts research with a goal of determining the underlying factors that increase a female’s susceptibility for ACL injury. Etnier, also a professor of kinesiology, researches physical activity and cognition.
Three faculty members in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development, Dr. Laura M. Gonzalez, Dr. Erik M. Hines and Dr. L. DiAnne Borders, received internal funding this spring to pilot a six-week parent curriculum they created in both English and Spanish. The three developed the parent curriculum (along with Dr. Villalba, now at Wake Forest) with funding from a College Access Challenge Grant grant to UNC General Administration and the College Foundation of North Carolina (located on the UNCG campus). The curriculum was developed to inform and support parents as they worked with their children on the steps of planning for college/career options.
With funding from the School of Education Dean’s Office, Hines and Borders oversaw the delivery of the curriculum to African American parents and grandparents at Smith High School. With funding from the Coalition for Diverse Language Communities, Gonzalez and Donna Weaver (CFNC/GEAR UP services manager) delivered the parent curriculum to Spanish-speaking middle school and high school parents in the Asheboro City School system.
The three faculty members collected pre-post data at both locations. They are working with Deana Hasty, SOE pre-award research coordinator, to identify external funding opportunities for larger scale implementation and validation studies.
Dr. Amanda Tanner (Public Health Education) received new funding from Wake Forest University Health Services for the project “Using CBPR to Reduce HIV Risk Among Immigrant Latino MSM.” The Southeast has the fastest-growing Latino population in the United States and at the same time carries a disproportionate HIV burden, the abstract notes. This community-university partnership proposes to jointly conduct a five-year quasi-experimental study.
Dr. Stephanie Daniel (Center for Youth, Families and Community Partnerships) received new funding from the School Health Alliance for Forsyth County for the project “Medical Home Extension Program for Adolescents.” She will oversee the Medical Home Extension Program for Adolescents, providing guidance for the development and implementation of the program. Andy Mayfield will serve as Evaluator, analyzing the data collected and reporting the outcomes/impact of the project as well as the use of a standardized web-based youth risk assessment tool. Kara Green will facilitate case management services for any children served by the mobile clinic requiring referral for mental health or medical follow up. She also will serve as the Outreach Coordinator.
Dr. Susan Calkins (Human Development and Family Studies) received a competitive renewal from Virginia Tech for the project “Psychobiology of Cognitive Development.” The renewal application will continue a longitudinal study.
Craig Nova (English) has a new novel, “All the Dead Yale Men,” that will be released in early June. It is a sequel to “The Good Son,” published in 1982. His new novel received a “starred and boxed” review from Publishers Weekly,” which notes: “Nova’s scenic evocation of Boston is spot-on, as is his emotional detailing of the fragile intricacies of family.”
Dr. Julie Edmunds (SERVE) received new funding of more than $1.5 million from Jobs for the Future for the project “Early College Expansion Project Evaluation (I3)”. The third-party evaluation of ECEP will assess the extent to which ECEP is having a positive impact on student outcomes associated with readiness for and success in college. The evaluation will also collect detailed data on implementation to examine the level of implementation and to provide useful feedback to the program developers, the abstract notes. Edmunds is project director for high school reform at UNCG’s SERVE Center.
Dr. Nora Bird (Library and Information Sciences) received new funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences for the project “Academic and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) Scholars: New Americans Educated for Community College Librarianship.” The project will recruit and educate librarians who come from a New American, refugee or immigrant, background. The program will commence in April, 2013 and finish in April, 2015. Community engagement is one of the unique program features.
Dr. Robert Strack (Public Health Education) received new funding from Prevention Strategies, LLC, for the project “Picture Me Alcohol Free.”
Dr. David Wyrick (Public Health Education) has received a continuation of funding from Prevention Strategies, LLC, for the project “Drug and Alcohol Prevention for Student Athletes.”
Dr. Michael Kane (Psychology) delivered an invited talk, “The Emerging Cognitive Constructs of Working Memory Capacity and Executive Attention,” at the National Research Council workshop in Washington, DC. The workshop, “Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives,” was sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Institute.
A commentary titled “Going Beyond Research on Goal Setting: A Proposed Role for Organizational Psychological Capital of Family Firms,” co-authored by Dr. Esra Memili and Dr. Dianne H.B. Welsh (both of the Bryan School) and Dr. Fred Luthans (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), has been accepted at the leading entrepreneurship journal, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. It will be in the ETP 2013 Special Issue on Family Firms.
Dr. Brad Johnson (Housing & Residence Life/Teacher Education & Higher Education) delivered the keynote address for Central Carolina Community College’s Faculty Professional Development Day on March 26. Johnson discussed the findings of the 2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People report and its implications for practice on a community college campus. He led an interactive discussion with the CCCC community on how to make their campus environment a more inclusive, responsive campus for their diverse population of students, faculty, and staff members.
Dr. Edna Tan (Teacher Education and Higher Education) has received word that her book, “Empowering Science and Mathematics Education in Urban Schools,” has been selected to receive the Division B Outstanding Book Award for 2012 from American Educational Research Association. The award will be presented at the annual conference later this month.
Tan co-authored the book with Dr. Angela Calabrese Barton (Michigan State University).
A review stated: “Empowering Science and Mathematics Education makes a compelling case for rethinking science and mathematics education through a critical sociocultural perspective and rich descriptions of ‘empowering learning environments’ in and out of school. By unpacking meanings of equity, equality, and enculturation, Edna Tan and Angela Calabrese Barton offer an important counterpoint to dominant assimilationist approaches to science and mathematics education.” The American Educational Research Association is the largest and most prestigious professional association in education. Division B represents research in curriculum studies.
Dr. Patricia Reggio (Chemistry and Biochemistry) received a continuation of funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse for the project “Molecular Determinants of Cannabinoid Activity.” The project’s long term goal is to elucidate the basis for the actions of the cannabinoids at the molecular level, the abstract notes. “The information about cannabinoid receptor structure and binding modes of ligands will aid in fundamental structure-function studies of this important class of receptors and will also aid in the design of improved therapeutic agents based on the cannabinoids.”
Dr. Dianne H.B. Welsh (Bryan School) has been reappointed to the Executive Advisory Board of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers and appointed as the Chair of the Marketing and Membership Committee. Welsh is Hayes Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship and Founding Director of the Entrepreneurship Cross-Disciplinary Program at the Bryan School.
Dr. Roy Schwartzman (Communication Studies) has been appointed by UNC President Tom Ross to serve on the UNC system-wide E-Learning Faculty Development Workgroup. The group will work alongside the UNC General Administration to develop ways to assure delivery of quality online instruction as part of the strategic plan. Schwartzman, a professor of Communication Studies, is a Faculty Teaching & Learning Commons Online Education Fellow.
Dr. Kim Sousa-Peoples and Jessica Quattrucci from New Student & Spartan Family Programs and Kristen Christman (Office of Undergraduate Student Excellence) will present a webinar on Academic and Student Affairs: Intentionality and Collaborations in Retention Efforts Wednesday, April 10. The webinar is presented by The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange at the University of Oklahoma. The consortium consists of two-year and four-year institutions that are dedicated to achieving higher levels of student success. During the webinar the trio will share how the UNCG Retention SWOT Team and First Year Task Force worked to address first-year retention as well as four and six-year graduation rates.
Dr. Lisa Levenstein (History) was on WUNC Radio’s “The State of Things” March 28. The topic of the show was women and girls in the state. Listen to the podcast of the program, titled “New Reports On Women Show Progress and Setbacks In North Carolina” at http://feeds.feedburner.com/WuncStateOfThings.
Dr. David Ribar (Economics) will discuss federal policy and programs dealing with childhood hunger during a presentation at the National Academy of Sciences Committee on National Statistics April 8-9. His presentation is part of a workshop investigating childhood hunger and food insecurity with a goal of reviewing current knowledge, identifying substantial research gaps and analyzing data regarding economic, health, social, cultural and demographic factors that contribute to the problem. Ribar’s research into poverty includes in-depth studies on the ways federal and state welfare and food stamp assistance programs impact recipient’s lives. Recent work includes a USDA-backed study into Guilford County Schools’ universal free breakfast program and an analysis of South Carolina’s welfare caseload. The National Academy of Sciences workshop is presented in collaboration with departments from the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Vicki Jacobs (Education) will be awarded the American Educational Research Association Division K Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education Award for her book, “Mathematics Teacher Noticing: Seeing through Teachers’ Eyes” edited by Miriam Sherin, Victoria Jacobs, and Randolph Philipp at its conference in April. According to the selection committee, this book “frames how teachers teach in the context of learning when they learn where to look, what to look at, how to make sense of what they see, and how this stance is critical to supporting student learning.” The American Educational Research Association is the largest and most prestigious professional association in education. Division K represents research on teachers and teacher education. Jacobs is the Yopp Distinguished Professor in Mathematics Education at UNCG.
Laura Pipe (Undergraduate Studies) has been invited to serve as a resource faculty member at the 15th Annual National Summer Institute on Learning Communities sponsored by the National Resource Center on Learning Communities. The National Resource Center on Learning Communities is housed in the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. This year’s summer institute runs from July 14-20. The goal of the institute is to give campus teams the information, resources and planning time they need to develop an action plan for starting or strengthening learning communities at their institution. Pipe is director of learning communities at UNCG.
Dr. Bruce Kirchoff (Biology) was honored by the the American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Its Honors and Awards Committee awarded him the first annual Innovations in Plant Systematics Education Prize. “Your innovative application of research in cognitive psychology to teaching plant identification skills, record of pedagogical research and use of technology to interact with students is an exceptional example of combining science and education effectively. It is a wonderful model for our membership in this inaugural year of the award,” the awards committee chair said.
Stoel Burrowes (Interior Architecture) received a Golden A’ Design Award in the Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design Category. His “Cat’s Cradle” design – a living-room chair – was inspired by the fine and antique woodworking traditions especially of Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern and Windsor Chair-making. The JB Living-Room Chair also incorporates the contemporary material and whimsy in the elastic seat and back material. More information about the awards are at www.adesignaward.com.
Dr. Deborah Taub (Teacher Education & Higher Education), Dr. Brad Johnson (Housing & Residence Life/Teacher Education & Higher Education), Liz Jodoin (Counseling & Testing Center), and Jalonda Thompson (Undergraduate Studies) are featured chapter authors in the recently released “Preventing College Student Suicide,” a special issue recently released as part of the New Directions for Student Services series published by Wiley Periodicals. In addition to co-authoring several articles, Taub (in visual) also served as a co-editor for the special issue.
Amy Strickland (Nutrition) was honored at the North Carolina Dietetic Association Annual Meeting with the North Carolina Dietetic Association Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award. The award recognizes innovative teaching, mentoring and leadership activities of faculty in accredited dietetics education programs. She is an academic professional assistant professor in the department, as well as director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics.
Coach Thomas Mozur became the all-time wins leader in UNCG men’s tennis coaching history at the Division One level, with the win over a strong East Carolina team 4-3 last Friday. The UNCG men’s tennis team holds a 9-2 record this season. “This was our best team performance of the year,” said Mozur after the match. He now has 82 wins. Paul Lubbers had 81 wins as coach in 1992-99, notes Justin Glover (Spartan Athletics Media Relations).
Dr. Heidi B Carlone (Education) received funding from the Museum of Science, Boston, for the project “Engineering is Elementary (contract with Museum of Science, Boston).” She will recruit and train a seed leadership team to prepare to launch and support future broader scale implementation, research and support of Engineering is Elementary in North Carolina Triad’s public schools, with emphasis on understanding unique benefits, considerations and constraints of implementing EiE within high-needs school contexts.
During Spring Break, Dr. Tara T. Green (African American Studies) visited the University of Ghana, where she gave two lectures. As a special guest of the director and Kwame Nkrumah Chair of the Institute of African Studies, she presented from her book “A Fatherless Child: Autobiographical Perspectives of African American Men,” and she led a discussion with the institute’s faculty and graduate students on fatherlessness among African American communities as explored by Barack Obama in his autobiography. While there, she was asked by the chair of the English department to lecture to students and faculty on African-American Southern fiction writer Zora Neale Hurston.
