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2009

Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, assistant professor of teacher education, received the 2009 Early Career Award from the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). This is a relatively new award, and Beth is only the second recipient. The award recognizes one early career AMTE member each year for their contributions as a mathematics teacher educator in the areas of teaching, service and scholarship.

Nell K. Duke, associate professor of teacher education and educational psychology, received the 2009 AERA Early Career Award during the American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting in San Diego. The honor recognizes a scholar’s distinguished portfolio of cumulative research within the first decade after receiving a doctoral degree.

University Distinguished Professors Jere Brophy and William Schmidt and professor emeritus Joe Byers were selected as inaugural fellows in the AERA Fellows Program, intended to recognize American Educational Research Association members who have made sustained, outstanding research contributions.

Associate professor of teacher education Angela Calabrese Barton was honored by Division G (Social Context of Education) of the American Educational Research Association with the 2009 Research Leading to the Transformation of the Social Contexts of Education Award.

Kenneth Frank, professor of measurement and quantitative methods, received a Fulbright Specialist grant to visit the University of Turku in Finland.

Associate professor of teacher education Elizabeth Heilman’s book, Reclaiming Education for Democracy: Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind, received the 2009 Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education Award from Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association.

John Metzler, who has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Teacher Education, received the 2009 MSU Award for Outstanding Service to Study Abroad.

Associate professor of special education Susan Peters was an invited speaker at the annual Education Summit of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Gary A. Troia, associate professor of special education, was elected president-elect of the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness.

 

2008

Assistant professor of kinesiology Joe Eisenmann was appointed to the NACHRI Obesity FOCUS Group, a national task force working to address childhood obesity through hospital-based programs.

Matthew Wawrzynski, assistant professor of higher, adult and lifelong education, was named an American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Diamond Honoree.

Kinesiology Professor Gail Dummer was chosen as the Outstanding Professional of the Year by the Adapted Physical Activity Council of AAHPERD (the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance).

Teacher education Professor Patricia Edwards was elected vice president of the International Reading Association (IRA).

James S. Fairweather, professor of higher, adult and lifelong education, received an Erasmus Mundus visiting professorship from the European Union to teach at University of Tampere in Finland and University of Oslo in Norway from March through June 2008.

Associate professor of teacher education Guofang Li received the Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association’s Division G, which focuses on social contexts of education.

Kinesiology Professor James Pivarnik was named president-elect of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Karin Pfeiffer, assistant professor of kinesiology, was named president-elect of the American College of Sports Medicine, Midwest chapter.

Susan Printy, associate professor of K-12 educational administration, was named an
Outstanding Reviewer for Educational Administration Quarterly.

Mark Reckase, professor of measurement and quantitative methods, was elected president of the National Council on Measurement in Education.

Kristen Renn, associate professor higher, adult and lifelong education, received the Annuit Coeptis Award for professional excellence from the American College Personnel Association.

Associate professor of teacher education Maria Teresa Tatto was elected vice president of the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES).

Reitumetse Mabokela, associate professor of higher, adult and lifelong education, was named chair of the Comparative & International Education Society’s Gail P. Kelly Dissertation Award Committee.

Peter Youngs, assistant professor of teacher education, was named an Outstanding Reviewer for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (AERA).

Mary Juzwik, assistant professor of language and literacy, was elected publications chair and an executive board member for the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy through 2010.

Punya Mishra, associate professor of educational technology, was co-recipient of third prize for best paper from the American Society for Engineering Education.

 

2007

Roger G. Baldwin, professor of higher, adult and lifelong education, received a 2007 Robert J. Menges Presentation Award for faculty development research from the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education.

Mark Conley, associate professor of teacher education, was elected president of the Michigan Alliance of Reading Professors.

Deborah Feltz, professor and chairperson of the Department of Kinesiology, was president of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity for the 2007-08 school year.

Matthew Diemer, assistant professor of counseling, is a 2007 recipient of the Emerging Scholar in K-12 Service Learning fellowship, coordinated by CIRCLE, or the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, at the University of Maryland.

Daniel Gould and Larry Lauer were named among the 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America by the Institute for International Sport.

Kristen Renn, associate professor higher, adult and lifelong education, received the Outstanding Contribution to Student Affairs through Teaching Award from NASPA (the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) Region IV-East.

Michelle Williams, assistant professor of teacher education, received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award from the National Science Foundation.

The Confucius Institute at Michigan State University was honored as a 2007 Confucius Institute of the Year, one of only four institutes in the United States and 20 worldwide to receive the designation, by Chinese Language Council International (or Hanban).

The Sports Skills Program, part of the Department of Kinesiology, received the Outstanding Sports Organization Award from Special Olympics Michigan.

Janet Alleman, Ann Austin and Mary Juzwik received Excellence in Teaching Award from the Michigan State University College of Education.

Barbara Markle honored with Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators (MAISA) Education Fellows Award

Deborah Feltz, Research Consortium of AAHPERD, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Award Lecture, 2007 Penn State Dorothy Harris Scholar Award Lecture, 2007

Barbara Markle, assistant dean for K-12 outreach at Michigan State University’s College of Education, will receive the Michigan Association of School Administrators (MAISA) Education Fellows Award. Markle will be honored at a June 21 luncheon during MAISA’s summer conference, held at the Doubletree Hotel in Bay City.

Gene Brown received an AT&T honorable mention Faculty award for his online course, KIN 856: Physical Bases of Coaching.

National Association for Sport and Physical Eucation Honors ISYS (Institute for the Study of Youth Sports) with top award.

Michael Leahy receives American Rehabilitation Counseling Association Research Award.

Jere Brophy
earns 2007 Thorndike Award from APA.

2006

Anne-Lise Halvorsen received honorable mention (second place) for the University of Michigan School of Education's Stanley Dimond Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2006.

Dorinda Carter received 2006 Lilly Teaching Fellow award

Bob Floden received American Educational Research Association (AERA) Distinguished Service to the Educational Research Community award, for his work as Editor of Review of Research in Education, Vols. 27-28

Susan Florio-Ruane was elected as President of the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy

The book Children's Thinking About Cultural Universals (Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2005), co-authored by Jere Brophy and Janet Alleman, is the 2006 recipient of the National Council for the Social Studies' Annual Award for best research contribution of the year.

Guofang Li
wins 2006 National Reading Conference book award.

Canadian Studies Centre at MSU Receives Award: William Joyce

Barbara Schneider named Fulbright New Century Scholar.

Christopher Wheeler receives Award of Merit from Vietnam’s Cantho University

Robbie J. Steward receives 2006 Michigan Counseling Association Diversity Award

Barbara Markle
receives 2006 MEMSPA Educational Leadership Award

Dr. Matthew Diemer, recipient of the 2006 American Counseling Association's Ohana Human Rights Award. This award is in honor of Dr. Diemer's consistent AND exemplary attention to issues of diversity and equity in teaching, scholarship, and service in the profession of Counseling.

Robert E. Floden 2006 Recipient of Margaret B. Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education

Mary Juzwik recipient of 2006 MSU IRGP Award and Ghoddousi Mentor Award

Mary Juzwik recipient of 2006 Kussy Scholarship for Study of the Holocaust, James Madison College

Mary Juzwik recipient of Promising Researcher Award, National Council of Teachers of English

Mary Lundeberg recipient of University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Distinguished 100 Alumni Award

Michael Pressley recipient of University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Distinguished 100 Alumni Award

Peter Youngs recipient of Outstanding Reviewer Award for Educational Evaluation and Plolicy Analysis (AERA)

Peter Youngs recipient of Outstanding Publication Award (AACTE)

John (Jack) R. Schwille 2006 Recipient of Best Practice Award for Global & International Teacher Education

Robert Floden recipient of Margaret B. Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education

Robert E. Floden and Marco Meniketti, Suzanne M. Wilson and Peter Youngs 2006 AACTE Outstanding Publication Award
Contributors to Studying Teacher Education: The Report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher Education

2005

Dr. Chandra Donnell was honored with the Bobbie Atkins Research Award. This award is named after Dr. Bobbie Atkins, a professor at San Diego State University who has been a leading educator, publisher, researcher and trainer, grant developer, and spokesperson on multicultural, gender and other issues in rehabilitation. Recipients of this award have distinguished themselves by the production of a significant volume of exemplary research and associated publications; the inclusion of research related to multiculturalism and disability; and the development of research, which has or will make a difference in thinking and/or practice in the multicultural arena.

Professor Mary Kennedy received the Margaret Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education from the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education in February. The award recognizes an individual in mid-career whose research during the last decade has had a major impact on the field of teacher education.

The American Psychological Association (APA) has honored Professor Michael Pressley with the E.L. Thorndike Award for Distinguished Psychological Contributions to Education. He joins legendary figures such as Jean Piaget and B.F. Skinner as recipient of the award.

2004

Associate Professor Laura Apol (TE) won a 2004 Oklahoma Book Award for Crossing the Ladder of Sun.

Assistant Professor Reitumetse Mabokela (EAD) was awarded the George Bereday Award by the Comparative and International Education Society for the best article published in Comparative Education Review. She also co-edited Hear Our Voices! Race, gender and the status of black South African women in the academy (University of South Africa Press, 2004).

Goldman Sachs Award: Michigan State University’s innovative international resources and training for current and future K-12 teachers have earned the university the Goldman Sachs Foundation’s prestigious Prize for Excellence in International Education.
 
Assistant Professor Kavin Tsang (KIN) was selected first runner-up for the 2003 Journal of Athletic Training Kenneth L. Knight Award for Outstanding Research Manuscript in June. He received the award on June 18, 2004 at the National Athletic Training Association Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium.
 
Associate Professor Barbara Markle (Office of k-12 Outreach) received the National Leadership Award from the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, D.C.. (2004)
 
Professor of Distinction: University Distinguished Professor Jere Brophy added yet another honor to his list of achievements. In March, he traveled to Belgium to receive the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universite' de Li`ege in Brussels.

Michael Leahy received James Garret Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Research Award. American Rehabilitation Counseling Association. Presented at the annual conference of the American Counseling Association, Kansas City, March, 2004.

2003

Susan Printy, assistant professor (EAD), received the 2002 Dissertation of the Year Award from Division A of the American Educational Research Association.
 
BetsAnn Smith, assistant professor (EAD), and her colleagues were honored with the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The award is given for an outstanding article appearing in an AERA-sponsored publication.
 
Yong Zhao, associate professor (CEPSE), received the Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

2002

The E-Learning and Knowledge Management Web community, developed by Rhonda Egidio, professor (CEPSE), received the Rehabilitation Services Administration Commissioner's Award for Excellence in Education and Training. Egidio developed the Web site for the Michigan Department of Career Development-Rehabilitation Services.
 
Nell Duke, assistant professor (TE), was presented the Dina Feitelson Award by the International Reading Association. The award recognizes an outstanding empirical study that was published in English in a refereed journal and that reports on an investigation of aspects of literacy acquisition.
 
Michael Leahy received Award of Excellence. Presented at the Michigan Rehabilitation Conference in Traverse City, MI, November 7, 2002.

Gail Dummer, professor (kin), was selected as the 2002 Outstanding Coach for Area 8 Special Olympics. The award was presented in recognition of her leadership of the MSU Sports Skills Program, which serves 50-60 persons with disabilities from the Lansing area. Dr. Dummer was also honored with the 2001 Adapted Swimming Service Award from USA Swimming.
 
A book authored by Susan Florio-Ruane, professor (TE), Teacher Education and the Cultural Imagination: Autobiography, Conversation, and Narrative (Erlbaum, 2001), won the Edward B. Fry Outstanding Book Award from the National Reading Conference.
 
Pauline Hess, specialist emeritus, received the 2002 Spirit Contributor of the Year for Michigan Award from the National Federation Interscholastic Spirit Association.
 
Henry Montoye, professor emeritus (KIN), received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indiana University.
 
Susan Peters, associate professor (CEPSE), was honored by the Second City Conference on Disability Studies in Education for her scholarly contributions to the field of disability studies in education.
 
Professor Emeritus William Mehrens was honored with the E.F. Lindquist Award cosponsored by the American Educational Research Association and ACT, Inc. The award recognizes outstanding research in the field of testing and measurement that has the potential to affect educational outcomes. (2002)

2001

Nancy Crewe, professor (cepse), was awarded the 2001 Roger Barker Distinguished Career Award by the rehabilitation psychology division of the American Psychological Association (APA). The award recognizes outstanding lifetime contributions to the science of rehabilitation psychology.
 
John Narcy, associate professor (KIN) and MSU diving coach, was presented the Fred A. Cady Award at the 2001 U.S. National Outdoor Championships in August. The Professional Diving Coaches Association (PDCA) select the recipients for their outstanding coaching and years of service.
 
A book co-authored by Steve Ryan, assistant professor (TE), has won the 2001 Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Association. The book is titled Becoming Good American Schools (Jossey-Bass, 2001).
 
A book edited by Gary Sykes, professor (TE/EAD), and Stanford University Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, Teaching as the Learning Profession (Jossey-Bass, 1999), won the Best Book Award from the National Staff Development Council.
 
BetsAnn Smith, assistant professor (EAD), received the Paula Silver Award for the best teaching case published in the most recent volume of Cases in International Administration from the University Council for Educational Administration.

Michael Leahy received George N. Wright Varsity Award. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Presented at the annual conference of the American Counseling Association in San Antonio, TX, March 17, 2001.

Michael Leahy received Distinguished Career Award. The Alliance for Rehabilitation Counseling. Presented at the annual conference in St. Louis, MO, October 27, 2001.

2000

Cleo Cherryholmes, professor (TE), was awarded the first honorary doctorate in education from Orebro University in Sweden. Cherryholmes received the honorary degree at a special awards ceremony in February.
 
Jay Featherstone, professor (TE), was listed as one of a hundred educators recognized by Education Week as having shaped education in the country during the last century.
 
John Haubenstricker, professor (KIN), was selected as Midwest Scholar of the Year 2000 by the Midwest District of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (aahperd). In addition to receiving the award, Dr. Haubenstricker also gave a presentation titled, "Physical growth and motor performance: What have we learned?" at the Midwest District aahperd convention in Chicago in February.
 
John Powell, assistant professor (KIN), has been awarded the William G. Clancy Jr. MD Medal for Distinguished Research in Athletic Training by the National Athletic Trainers Association Foundation. It is the highest scholarly award the association gives.
 
Chris Womack, assistant professor (KIN), was awarded the Young Investigator Award from the Life Fitness Academy. He also received the MSU Pearl J. Aldrich Faculty Research Award, and received a $10,000 grant from the American College of Sports Medicine Research Endowment to study "Hemostatic and Vascular Exercise Response in Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Patients."

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