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Crystal Branta, associate professor (KIN), co-authored “Influence of a motor skill intervention on fundamental motor skill development of disadvantaged preschool children” in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 74 (1), 36–46

Professors John Carlson, Matthew Mayer, Jean Baker, Evelyn Oka, and Troy Mariage (CEPSE) were awarded an $800,000 leadership training grant by the u.s. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs.

Nell Duke, associate professor (TE), published “Reading to learn from the very beginning: Information books in early childhood” in Young Children, 58(2), 14–20. In addition, Duke was the subject of a featured interview in the Michigan Reading Journal.

Gail Dummer, professor (KIN), co-authored “Adapted Aquatics” in Sherrill, C. (Ed.) Adapted Physical Activity, Recreation, and Sport (McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2002).

Jim Fairweather, professor (EAD), was selected to be a Fulbright scholar and will spend the spring semester at the University of Tampere in Finland. Fairweather has also been selected to receive the Exemplary Research Award from Division J of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Joseph Featherstone, professor (TE), authored Dear Josie: Witnessing the Hopes and Failures of Democratic Education (Teachers College Press, 2003). He also published a poem in the summer issue of Washington Square, a poetry journal.

Deborah Feltz, professor and chairperson (KIN), co-authored, “The relationship between the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 and sport performance: A meta-analysis” in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 25, 44–65.

Jim Pivarnik, professor (KIN), has been appointed director of the newly formed Center for Physical Activity and Health (CPAH). The center is a collaboration between the Department of Kinesiology in the College of Education and the Department of Epidemiology in the College of Human Medicine. In addition, Pivarnik co-authored two chapters with doctoral student Dawn Coe in UpToDate in Pediatrics, an online medical textbook, on aerobic exercise testing in children and adolescents.

David Plank, professor (EAD), and Gary Sykes, professor (TE, EAD), edited Choosing Choice: School Choice in International Perspective (Teachers College Press, 2003).

Mary Lundeberg, professor and chair (TE), co-authored “Prompting the development of preservice teachers’ beliefs through cases, action research, problem-based learning and technology” in Teacher beliefs and teacher education: Advances in teacher education series (Information Age Publishing, 2003).

Matthew Mayer, associate professor (CEPSE), has been elected secretary and member of the executive committee of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD), a division of the Council for Exceptional Children.

Linda Patriarca, professor (CEPSE) was elected vice president of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children.

Susan Printy, assistant professor (EAD), received the 2002 Dissertation of the Year award from Division A of the American Educational Research Association.

John Powell, assistant professor (KIN), received a $100,000 grant from the National Football League Charities to study injury risk factors in youth football. He also authored “The epidemiology of athletic injuries” in Lovell, M., Echemendia, R., Barth, J., & Collins, M. W. (Eds.), Sports Neuropsychology (Swets-Zeitlinger, 2002).

Mark Reckase, professor (CEPSE), has been appointed chair of the National Academy of Science’s Committee on Participation of English-Language Learners and Students with Disabilities in NAEP and Other Large Scale Assessments.

Kristen Renn, assistant professor (EAD), and Matthew Wawrzynski, assistant professor (EAD), were selected as “Emerging Scholars” by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).

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.

David Stewart, professor (CEPSE), co-authored Literacy and Your Deaf Child: What Every Parent Should Know (Gallaudet University Press, 2003).

Chris Womack, assistant professor (KIN) was elected president-elect of the Midwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Yong Zhao, associate professor (CEPSE), received the Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
 

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