Class Notes
Class Notes
Arts & Humanities
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Tomoko Takahashi (Ed.D. ’84) was elected to the Senior College and University Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
ARTS ADMINISTRATION
Rachel Moore (M.A. ’94) was named President and CEO of the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles.
ART & ART EDUCATION
Harry Leigh (M.A. ’59) was awarded a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in Crafts/Sculpture.
HISTORY & EDUCATION
Grace Roosevelt (Ed.D. ’87) published Creating a College That Works: Audrey Cohen and Metropolitan College of New York.
LANGUAGE, LITERATURE & SOCIAL STUDIES
Pascal Tone (M.A. ’69) received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Franklin University Switzerland.
MUSIC & MUSIC EDUCATION
Lorenzo Martinez (Ed.D. ’98) was named Executive Director of the Houston Chamber Choir.
Rabbi Arnold Saltzman (M.A. ’76) was awarded The Maryland General Assembly Citation for dedicated service to the community. The ‘Newseum’ Collection’s Committee in Washington, D.C. accepted Saltzman’s photos, posters and sermons concerning the Vigil to Free Alan Gross, a former prisoner in Cuba.
RELIGION & EDUCATION
Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook (Ed.D. ’93) published God Beyond Borders: Interreligious Learning Among Faith Communities.
TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES
Rudy Arietta (M.A. ’99) was named principal of Ardsley High School in Ardsley, New York.
Biobehavioral Science
MOTOR LEARNING
James Gordon (Ed.D. ’85) received an Honorary Doc-tor of Science degree from SUNY Downstate, speaking at the institution’s commencement.
[ARTS ADMINISTRATION]
Rachel Moore (M.A. ’94) was named President and CEO of the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Dorothy “Dolly” Lambdin (M.A. ’74), a 40-year professor in teacher education at The University of Texas at Austin, completed a year as President of the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America).
SPEECH & LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY & AUDIOLOGY
Diane DiResta (M.S. ’77), Founder and CEO of DiResta Communications, Inc., has earned the Certified Speaking Professional® (CSP) designation.
Counseling & Clinical Psychology
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Aurelie Athan (Ph.D. ’11) and Heather Reel (M.A. ’14) published Maternal Psychology: Reflections on the 20th anniversary of deconstructing developmental psychology in Feminism & Psychology.
Curriculum & Teaching
CURRICULUM & TEACHING
Shira Epstein (Ed.D. ’07) published Teaching Civic Literacy Projects.
Sharon Feiman-Nemser (Ed.D. ’72) coauthored Inspiring Teaching: Preparing Teachers to Succeed in Mission-Driven Schools.
At the Third Annual Night to Celebrate Israel, Rabbi Ron Issacs (Ed.D. ’79) was honored for his contributions to his community and the State of Israel.
Julie Warner (Ed.D. ’14) was named a 2015 Presidential Management Fellows finalist.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Eileen Flicker (Ed.D. ’94) was appointed Director of Early Childhood Education at the YJCC’s David Rukin Early Childhood Center in Washington, New Jersey.
ELEMENTARY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Third grade teacher Dahlia Constantine (M.A. ’02), of Patrick Henry Elementary in Arlington, Virginia, won the Washington Post’s 2015 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award.
EARLY CHILDHOOD/ SPECIAL EDUCATION (DUAL CERTIFICATION)
Mary Victoria Algeri (M.A. ’06) has joined Mindprint Learning, which offers online cognitive assessments for children.
LITERACY SPECIALIST
Lauren Bakian (M.A. ’12) was one of 12 teachers to receive New York City’s 2015 Big Apple Award.
Education Policy & Social Analysis
SOCIOLOGY & EDUCATION
Sachi (Alexandra) Feris (M.A. ’03) launched the blog Raising Race Conscious Children (www.raceconscious.org).
Health & Behavior Studies
APPLIED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY - SCHOOLING & READING
Arthur Chickering (Ph.D. ’58) released Cool Passion: Challenging Higher Education.
BLIND & VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Beth Purvis (M.A. ’89) was named Illinois’ Secretary of Education by Governor Bruce Rauner.
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP STUDIES
The passage of House Bill 372 in Georgia’s Clayton County Superior Court ensures that Utopian Academy for the Arts, a charter school founded by Artesius Miller (M.A. ’11), will remain open to serve one of the nation’s poorest districts.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Beatrice Bridglall (Ed.D. ’04) edited the recently published Promoting Global Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education.
MENTAL RETARDATION
Gay Culverhouse (Ed.D.’83) published Throwaway Players: The Concussion Crisis from Pee Wee Football to the NFL.
NURSING EDUCATION
Joan E. Bowers (Ed.D. ’78) received a certificate in gerontology. She exhibits her photography in Philadelphia.
M. Louise Fitzpatrick (Ed.D. ’72), the Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor of Nursing at Villanova University’s College of Nursing, received the University’s Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
Lily Hsu (Ed.D. ’06) was named Vice Provost of Johnson & Wales University, Providence campus.
Phillippa Purdy (M.S. ’13) has been appointed Clinical Dietician at The Osborn Retirement Community in Rye, New York.
NUTRITION EDUCATION
“Get Me Goin,” a danceable music video by Jill Jayne (M.S. ’07) was nominated for an Emmy by the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Human Development
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN COGNITIVE STUDIES EDUCATION
Daniel Schwartz (Ph.D. ’92), an expert in human cognition and educational technology, has been named Dean of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education.
Alice Wilder (Ed.D. ’98) and her team won five daytime Emmy Awards for their program Tumble Leaf.
Interdepartmental
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN EDUCATION
Nancy Brown (Ed.D. ’88), the Gordon Professor of Early Childhood Education at Florida Atlantic University’s Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development, is on the Executive Board and serves as a United Nations representative for the Association for Childhood Education International.
Kevin Jennings (M.A. ’94) was named Board Co-Chair of the National LGBT Museum.
Harvard University Press has published Undlattenin, the TC thesis of Nick Sousanis (Ed.D. ’14), considered the first dissertation presented entirely in comic book format.
International & Transcultural Studies
COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Keiichi Ogawa (Ph.D. ’99) published Comparative Analysis on Universal Primary Education Policy and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Cases of Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda.
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Joseph Castleberry (Ed.D. ’99), President of Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington, published The New Pilgrims: How Immigrants are Renewing America’s Faith in both English and Spanish.
Mathematics, Science & Technology
MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Valerie Camille Jones (Ed.D. ’11) and current TC doctoral student Chance Nalley (M.E. ’13) received the Presiden-tial Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, for Georgia and New York, respectively. The award is administered by The National Science Foundation on behalf of the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
COMMUNICATION & EDUCATION
Philip H. Martin (M.A. ’10) won the 2013 Neblett Award for Outstanding Classroom Teaching, Union County College, Cranford, New Jersey.
Bobby Susser (M.A. ’87) was honored at the Josephine Foundation Gala on June 12 for his contributions to children’s music.
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA
Steven Goss (Ed.D. ’07) joined Teachers College as Vice Provost for Digital Learning.
Organization & Leadership
ADULT EDUCATION GUIDED INTENSIVE STUDY
David Zersen (Ed.D. ’98) and Moses Kumar published Planting in Native Soil: Studies in Inculturation.
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Doris “Annie” Henry (Ed.D. ’90) represented New Zealand in the 5th Women’s World Golf Croquet Championship in Cairo, Egypt. Henry, ranked 35th, is Vice President of Croquet New Zealand.
Anton Jungherr (M.E. ’71) was recently appointed to the Independent Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee, in Richmond, California.
Edward A. Mainzer (Ed.D. ’90) retired in July 2015 after 30-plus years as a K–12 teacher, counselor and building- and district-level administrator in New York City-area schools and colleges. He remains on the Ethics Committee of the National Career Development Association and the Board of Directors of the American School Counselor Association.
William Paterson University professor Ron Verdicchio (Ed.D. ’82) and six of his students co-authored Images of America: Prospect Park.
HIGHER & POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
Heather Correa (M.A. ’08) is Coordinator of Orientation and First-Year Programs at the University of California, Riverside.
Negar Farakish (Ed.D. ’08) received The Chair Academy’s 2015 International Exemplary Leadership Award.
Sosanya Jones (Ed.D. ’13) received the J. William Fulbright Scholar award for her research project, Inclusionary Internationalization: A Multi-Case Study of Policies and Practices in Alberta’s Institutions of Higher Education.
STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
Patrick L. Valdez (M.A. ’02) was appointed Dean of the Undergraduate College and Associate Professor of Education at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
Published Thursday, Nov 5, 2015