Faculty Report

Eugene Brown, associate professor (KIN), co-authored Biomechanical and physiological effects of plyometric training on adolescent cross-country runners. In International Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 13(2), (Lathrop, M. C., Brown, E. W., Ulibarri, D., Paton, C., Osmond, P.).  Dr. Brown also serves on the executive editorial board of sports biomechanics published by the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.

Cleo H. Cherryholmes, professor (TE), has published, “James’s Story of the Squirrel and the Pragmatic Method,” in William James & Education (Teacher’s College Press, 2002).

Michael Clark, assistant professor (KIN), co-authored with emeritus professors Robert Malina and Vern Seefeldt the article “Factors affecting levels of physical activity in adults” in Sports Medicine , 32(3), 1-26.

Marylee Davis, professor (EAD), was appointment by Gov. John Engler to the State of Michigan Higher Education Facilities Commission Board.

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 .In June. Duke was also approved for voting membership in the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.

Gail Dummer, professor (KIN), was selected Coach of the Year 2002 for the Area 8 Special Olympics.  Dr. Dummer also has been appointed to the editorial board of the Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly .

Deborah Feltz, professor and chairperson (KIN), was selected as a Council on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Academic Leadership Program Fellow, represented MSU for the 2002-2003 academic year. She is also serving on the editorial board of Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science.

Lynn Fendler, assistant professor (TE), has published the article “Revolutionary leadership and the ambiguity of oppressed people,” in Teaching Education, 13(3).

Susan Florio-Ruane, professor (TE), has published “More light: An argument for complexity in studies of teaching and teacher education” in the Journal of Teacher Education 53(3), 205-215. She also has co-authored with Taffy Raphael of Oakland University Teaching Every Child to Read: Professional Development Guide (Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement, 2002).

John Haubenstricker, professor (KIN) and director of the Youth Sport Institute, co-authored with Professor Emeritus Vern Seefeldt “The concept of readiness to the acquisition of motor skills” in Children and Youth in Sport (2nd edition).

Pauline Hess, specialist emeritus, received the 2002 Spirit Contributor of the Year for Michigan Award from the National Federation Interscholastic Spirit Association.

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.

Linda Patriarca, associate professor (CEPSE), and Susan Peters, associate professor (CEPSE) received an $800,000, 4-year Leadership Training Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

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. In addition, the Comparative International Education Society elected her to their Board of Directors, and she was also elected co-chair of the American Educational Research Association’s Disability Studies in Education Special Interest Group.

Jim Pivarnik, professor (KIN), has been elected to a 3-year term on the Board of Trustees for the American College of Sports Medicine. Pivarnik also hosted the biennial meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine (NASPEM) at the MSU Kellogg Center in August. He will serve as NASPEM’s president during 2002-2003. He was also appointed to the editorial board of Pediatric Exercise Science.

Mark Reckase, professor (CEPSE), has been appointed to the Michigan Accreditation Advisory Committee.  The committee is working on developing criteria for evaluating Michigan schools for the Education , Yes! accreditation system. He also authored “State B argument for meeting the requirements of the ESEA legislation”  in the Ad Hoc Committee on Confirming Test Results report Using the National Assessment of Educational Progress to Confirm State Test Results (National Assessment Governing Board, 2002).

Jack Schwille, assistant dean (ISE), has co-edited New Paradigms and Recurring Paradoxes in Education for Citizenship: An International Comparison (Elesevier Science/Pergamon, 2002).

Randi Nevins-Stanulis, associate professor (TE), has co-authored with B.H. Manning K-8 Classsroom Methods: From Teacher Reflection to Student Responsibility (Prentice Hall, 2002).

Sandra Wilcox, associate professor (TE), has been awarded a $726,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for support of a project entitled “Facilitating Mathematics Education Reform: Developing a Toolkit for Change Agents.”

Chris Womack, assistant professor, has received a $43,000 grant from the MSU Intramural Research Grant Program to study genetic influence on the fibrinolytic response to exercise.