Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.
- Katerina Bodovski, professor of education (educational theory and policy) in the Department of Education Policy Studies (EPS), presented “Introducing Emotional Capital to Educational Policy” at The Future of Education and Public Policy Event, an online program that was hosted by the University of Glasgow’s School of Education on July 1-2.
- Janice Byrd, assistant professor of education (counselor education) in the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education (EPCSE) has been elected by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to serve as program chair of the Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education. In addition, Byrd co-authored a new paper, “Understanding Influences of Development on Black Women’s Success in U.S. Colleges: A Synthesis of Literature” with Christa J. Porter, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University, in Review of Educational Research.
- John Cheslock, associate professor of education (higher education) in EPS and senior research associate in the Center for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE), has a new paper, “Concentrated or Fragmented? The U.S. Market for Online Higher Education” in Research in Higher Education. His co-author is Ozan Jaquette, assistant professor of education at UCLA.
- Allison Fleming, associate professor of education (rehabilitation and human services) in EPCSE, has a new article, “Development and validation of the satisfaction with labor market participation survey” in Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. Her co-authors are Brian Phillips, assistant professor of education at Utah State University; Bradley McDaniels, assistant professor in the University of North Texas College of Health and Public Service; and Allison Levine, assistant professor of rehabilitation counseling in the University of Kentucky College of Education. Fleming has another article, “Systematic review of intervention research in rehabilitation counseling and related settings from 2007 to 2018” in Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education. Her co-authors on that article are Phillips; McDaniel; Andrea Nerlich, associate professor and graduate director of the Rehabilitation Counseling Programs at Hofstra University; Joy Gray, doctoral student in Penn State’s Counselor Education and Supervision program; and Xiaoxu Rong, research assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Erica Frankenberg, professor of education (educational leadership and demography) and director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights, and Katharine Dulaney, doctoral candidate in the Department of Education Policy Studies, are quoted in a WITF report on racial inequities in access to in-person learning in Pennsylvania schools during the 2020-21 school year. Additionally, Frankenberg is quoted in an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Pa. and N.J. racial gap in access to in-person learning last year was among the worst in the nation, new report says.” Also, Frankenberg recently received the Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC) Alumni Award.
- Ed Fuller, associate professor of education (educational leadership) and director of the Center for Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis (CEEPA), was interviewed by WHYY, a PBS affiliate in Philadelphia, about a CEEPA report that showed private school enrollment in Pennsylvania dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Fuller is quoted in a report by WLVR (a Lehigh Valley NPR affiliate) that discusses a recent study that concludes free and reduced-price meal eligibility is not a good measurement of student poverty.
- Kathy Hill, associate teaching professor of education (science education) and director of the Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS), was awarded a $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). The grant will support the program, “Agricultural science in elementary education learning in schools” which provides the necessary framework for elementary school teachers to help their students understand the content and practices of pollinator research, in the areas of food, agriculture and natural resources.
- Karen Babbs Hollett, doctoral candidate in educational leadership, is the lead author of an article for The Exchange that discusses an initiative in which teachers and leaders at the Bennett Family Center in University Park made a formal commitment to anti-bias education. Her co-authors are preschool teachers Edie Hillard, Traces Ryckman and Lauren Valesey.
- DeMarcus Jenkins, assistant professor of education (educational leadership) in EPS, has been awarded a Spencer Foundation grant to study police-free schools in three urban districts. His three-year project will explore changes in policy, perceptions of safety and anti-Blackness alongside the termination of contracts with police.
- Royel M. Johnson, assistant professor of education (higher education) and African American Studies and research associate in CSHE, is quoted in a Higher Ed Dive article, “Nikole Hannah-Jones turns down UNC-Chapel Hill for Howard.”
- Paul Morgan, Harry & Marion Eberly Faculty Fellow and professor of education (educational theory and policy), is quoted in a Mashable article, “Privilege plays a huge role in getting an ADHD diagnosis.” In addition, Morgan is quoted in a story in The Washington Post, “Black women with ADHD start healing, with a diagnosis at last.” Also, Morgan’s research is cited in a Medium essay, “Are Black Boys Misdiagnosed With ADHD?”
- Kelly Rosinger, assistant professor of education (education and public policy) and research associate in CSHE, released a new policy brief, “Exploring the impact of variations in state performance funding policies on college access” with her InformEd States colleagues Justin Ortagus, assistant professor in the School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education and director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Florida, who received a doctorate in higher education from Penn State in 2015; Robert Kelchen, associate professor of higher education in the Department of Education Leadership, Management and Policy at Seton Hall University; and Junghee Choi, doctoral candidate in EPS.
- Kai Schafft, professor of education (educational leadership and rural sociology), was interviewed for a story in Inside Higher Ed, “Remote and Rural.”
- Deborah Schussler, professor of education (educational leadership), was awarded a Social Science Research Institute Implementation Science grant ($24,915). She will be collaborating with Damon Jones, associate research professor at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center; Laura Feagan Gould, director of research and principal of A Mindful Choice, LLC; and Sharon Lambert (George Washington University) on the project, “Barriers and Facilitators to Whole School Mindfulness-Based Program Implementation: Application of the PARiHS Framework.”
- Jonte C. Taylor, associate professor of education (special education), has a new article, “Practice Strategies and Considerations to Promote Maintenance and Generalization” in Beyond Behavior. His co-author is Benjamin Riden, assistant professor of special education at James Madison University.
- LaWanda Ward, assistant professor of education (higher education) and research associate in the Center for the Study of Higher Education is quoted in an article in USA Today, “It's not just Nikole Hannah-Jones: Black women are underrepresented among tenured faculty.” Additionally, Ward is featured in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, “When tenure denials go public.”