Publications & Honors
Faculty from the School of Education, Health and Society are nationally known for their scholarly achievements. Read on for a sampling of recent honors and accomplishments.
Books and book chapters:
Robert Weinberg, kinesiology and health, and Dan Gould, Foundations in Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4th edition, Human Kinetics (2007).
M.T. (Todd) Edwards, teacher education, Brown, S., Breunlin, R.J., Eddins, S., Wiltjer, M. & Usiskin, Z., University of Chicago School Mathematics Project
(UCSMP) Algebra, 3rd edition, Wright Group/McGraw Hill (2007).
Melissa Schulz, teacher education, and Honchell, Barbara (editors), Literacy for diverse learners: Finding common ground in today¹s classrooms. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers (2007). Also authored two chapters in the book, “Defining Diverse Learners” and “Home-based and School-based literacy practices.”
Dennis Carlson, educational leadership, and C.P. Gause, (editors), Keeping the Promise: Essays on Leadership, Democracy, and Education, New York: Peter Lang (2007).
Kathleen Knight Abowitz, educational leadership, and Joseph Wegwert, “Veteran’s Day in a U.S. public high school: Lessons for nationalistic loyalty or cosmopolitanism?”, in Changing Notions of Citizenship Education in Contemporary Nation-states, edited by Klas Roth and Nicholas Burbules, Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2007.
Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Kate Rousmaniere, both educational leadership, “Margaret Haley as Diva: A case study of a feminist citizen-leader,” in Keeping the Promise: Educational Leadership and the Promise of Democracy in Our Time, edited by Dennis Carlson and C.P. Gause, pp. 233-256. New York: Peter Lang, 2007.
Kate Rousmaniere, educational leadership, “Education in the MidWest,” in The American Midwest: An Interpetive Encyclopedia, edited by Richard Sisson, Andrew R. L. Cayton, and Christian K. Zacher (Indiana University Press: 2007).
Nicholas Longo, educational leadership (adjunct) and director of Miami’s Harry T. Wilks Leadership Institute, Why Community Matters: Connecting Education with Civic Life, SUNY Press (2007).
Keynote addresses and other honors:
Nelda Cambron-McCabe, educational leadership, worked with a small group of school superintendents over the past two years to plan and develop the National Superintendents Roundtable, which was launched in 2007 with inaugural meetings in Chicago (August) and Phoenix (October). Support for the planning came from the Kellogg Foundation, Johnson Foundation, and the College Board.
Robin Vealey, kinesiology and health, keynote speaker, title, Association for Applied Sport Psychology, October 2007, Louisville, Ky.
Robert Weinberg, kinesiology and health, keynote speaker, International Conference in Applied Sport Psychology, July 2007, Braga, Portugal, University of Minho.
Michele Dickey, educational psychology, keynote speaker, Teaching and Learning Conference '07 - Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio.
Dennis Carlson, educational leadership, presidential address, American Educational Studies Association Presidential Address, October, 2007, Cleveland.