Professor Lykes honored for social advocacy
On October 13, LSOE’s M. Brinton Lykes received the 2007 Marion Langer Award for distinction in social advocacy and the pursuit of human rights by the American Orthopsychiatric Association. She was honored for her "innovative scholarship and humanitarian work in development of a psychology of liberation." more [pdf]
New programs in Catholic education
The Lynch School of Education and the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry is helping to launch three new graduate-level programs in Catholic educational leadership. Chronicle [pdf]
Faculty News
David L. Blutstein, professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology, delivered the keynote “The Growing Internationalization of Career Development and Career Counseling: Opportunity for Inclusiveness or Stagnation” at the National Development Association convention, held on July 6 in Seattle.
Language, Culture, and Community in Teacher Education, edited by Professor María Estela Brisk, was published by Lawrence Eribaum Associates.
Susan Bruce, associate professor of teacher education, presented at the Deafblind International World Conference in Perth, Australia on September 23.
Associate Professor Lisa Goodman recently received two 2007 teaching awards: the Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching and Mentoring from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the Bonnie Strickland-Jessica Henderson Daniel Distinguished Mentoring Award from the Society for the Psychology of Women.
The Thomas More Brennan Chair Andy Hargreave received grant funding for his project on sustainable leadership, “Beyond Expectations,” from the National College of School Leadership and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trusts.
Professor Janet Helms received the American Psychological Association Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy Award in recognition of her research in psychology.
Mariela Paez, assistant professor of teacher education, and Anne Homza, project director, received a five-year, Title-III grant on a project promoting academic language for bilingual learners.
Associate Professor David Scanlon was appointed as a fellow of the Inteၼrnational Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities and joined the editorial board of the journal Learning Disabilities Research and Practice.
Curriculum Theory, a supplemental text for advanced undergraduates and graduate courses written by Associate Professor Michael Stephen Schiro, was published by Sage Publications.
Professor
Dennis Shirley made several presentations this summer: he presented “American Perspectives on Educational Change and German Didactics” to the German Society for Educational Research; presented “Teacher Education Research: A Contested Terrain” as a visiting scholar at the University of Barcelona; and presented “Recent American Strategies to Assist Schools in Trouble” at the University of Dortmund in Germany.
