bulletin of accomplishments - UB Graduate School of Education

BULLETINOFACCOMPLISHMENTSFaculty, Staff,Students, & AlumniMAY 2004Mary H. Gresham, Dean

1PUBLICATIONSEDITED BOOKSGreg Dimitriadis (ELP)Dolby, N., Dimitriadis, G., & Willis, P. (Eds.). (2004). Learning to labor in new times. NewYork: RoutledgeFalmer.CHAPTERSGreg Dimitriadis (ELP)Dimitriadis, G. (in press). Hip hop and critical pedagogy. In S. Steinberg & J. Kincheloe(Eds.), Kinderculture: The corporate construction of childhood (2 nd ed.). Boulder, CO:Westview.Dimitriadis, G. (in press). “Pedagogy on the move”: New intersections in(between) theperformative and the educative. In S. Madison & J. Hamera (Eds.), Handbook ofperformance studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Dimitriadis, G. (in press). Popular culture, pedagogy, and urban youth: Beyond silencedvoices. In M. Fine & L. Weis (Eds.), Beyond silenced voices: Class, race, and gender inUnited States schools (2 nd ed.). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.Dimitriadis, G., & Kamberelis, G. (in press). Focus groups: Strategic articulations ofpedagogy, politics, and inquiry. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbookof qualitative research (3 rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Greg Dimitriadis (ELP)Lois Weis (ELP)Dimitriadis, G., & Weis, L. (in press). Multi-sited ethnographic approaches in urbaneducation today. In J. Kincheloe, P. Anderson, K. Rose, D. Griffith, & K. Hayes(Eds.), Urban education: An encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.Lois Weis (ELP)Weis, L. & Fine, M. (2003). For whom: Qualitative research representations and socialresponsibilities. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), The landscape of qualitativeresearch: Theories and issues (2 nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Weis, L. (2004). Revisiting a 1980s ‘moment of critique’: Class, gender and the neweconomy. In N. Dolby, G. Dimitriadis, & P. Willis (Eds.), Learning to labor in newtimes. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.Weis, L., Fine, M., & Roberts, R. (2004). Domestic violence: At the intersections of race,class and gender in the U.S. In I. Dupont (Ed.), Multicultural perspectives on domesticviolence in the United States: An anthology. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.

ARTICLES2Karen Bordonaro (LAI doctoral student)Bordonaro, K. (2003). Perceptions of technology and manifestations of language learnerautonomy. Computer-Assisted Language Learning Electronic Journal, 5 (1).(www.clec.ritsumei.ac.jp/english/callejonline/8-1/bordonaro.html)Doug Clements (LAI)Clements, D. H. (2004). It’s not all in the numbers: Nurturing your child’s mathematicalmind. Parent and Preschooler Newsletter, 19 (2), 1-3.Doug Clements (LAI)Julie Sarama (LAI)Clements, D. H., & Sarama, J. (2004). Building Blocks for early childhood mathematics.Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19, 181-189.Clements, D. H., & Sarama, J. (2004). Mathematics everywhere, every time. TeachingChildren Mathematics, 10, 421-426.Catherine Cook-Cottone (CSEP)Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2004). Childhood posttraumatic stress disorder: Symptomatology,treatment, and school reintegration. School Psychology Review, 33,127-139.Greg Dimitriadis (ELP)Dimitriadis, G. (in press). The situation complex: Revisiting Frederic Thrasher’s The Gang:A study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago. Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies.Ron Gentile (CSEP)Verdinelli, S., & Gentile, J. R. (2003). Changes in teaching philosophies among in-serviceteachers after experiencing mastery learning. Action in Teacher Education, 25 (2), 56-66.Lauri Johnson (ELP)Johnson, L. (summer 2004). A generation of women activists: African American femaleeducators in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. Journal of African American History.Jaekyung Lee (CSEP)Lee, J. (2003). Evaluating rural progress in mathematics achievement: Threats to the validityof “Adequate Yearly Progress.” Journal of Research in Rural Education, 18 (2), 67-77.Lee, J. (2004). How feasible is Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)? Simulations of school AYP“Uniform Averaging” and “Safe Harbor” under the No Child Left Behind Act.Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 12 (14). (http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n14/)Lee, J. (2004). Multiple facets of inequity in racial and ethnic achievement gaps. PeabodyJournal of Education, 79 (2), 51-73.Deborah Moore-Russo (LAI)Cortes-Figueroa, J. E., & Moore-Russo, D. A. (2004). Promoting graphical thinking:Using temperature and a graphing calculator to teach kinetics concepts. Journal ofChemical Education, 81 (1), 69-71.

4Jim Donnelly (CSEP)Ian Kudel (Ph.D., 2004, CSEP)Kudel, I. C., Donnelly, J. P., McQuellon, R. M., Zevon, M. A., Cella, D. F., & Moore, D.H. (2004, April). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Fact-G. Paper presented at theannual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD.Jim Donnelly (CSEP)Elizabeth Wahlig (CSEP doctoral student)Ralph Benedict (CSEP)Wahlig, E. L., Donnelly, J. P., & Benedict, R. H. B. (2004, April). Quality of life inMultiple Sclerosis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for BehavioralMedicine, Baltimore, MD.Molly Ann Hayden (CSEP master’s student)Hayden, M. A. (2004, April). Supercalafragalisticexpialadocious: A cognitive based approach tophenomenology. Poster presented at the convention of the American CounselingAssociation, Kansas City, MO.Jim Hoot (LAI)Hoot, J. L. (2004, February). Promoting a better world for children through internationalcollaborations. Featured speaker at the International Education Series, Florida GulfCoast University, Ft. Myers, FL.Hoot, J. L., & Miller, S. (2004, April). Sharing your best ideas for children: Nuts and bolts ofjournal and professional magazine publishing for beginners. Paper presented at theannual meeting of the Association for Childhood Education International, NewOrleans, LA.Jim Hoot (LAI)Selamawit Deribe (LAI doctoral student)Hoot, J. L., & Deribe, S. (2004, April). Seldom heard voices: Child prostitution in Ethiopia.Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Childhood EducationInternational, New Orleans, LA.Jim Hoot (LAI)Judit Szente (Ph.D., 2001, LAI)Belete Mebratu (LAI doctoral student)Hoot, J. L., Szente, J., Mebratu, B. K., & Mbugua, T. (2004, April). Building professionalcollaborations for children on the African continent. Paper presented at the annualmeeting of the Association for Childhood Education International, New Orleans,LA.Jim Hoot (LAI)Tunde Szecsi (Ph.D., 2003, LAI)Hoot, J. L., Szecsi, T., Adams, L., & Arman, A. (2004, April). What teachers of youngchildren should know about Islam. Paper presented at the annual meeting of theAssociation for Childhood Education International, New Orleans, LA.

5Tim Janikowski (CSEP)Janikowski, T. P. (2004, April). Presidential address to the American Rehabilitation CounselingAssociation. Presented at the convention of the American Counseling Association,Kansas City, MO.Lauri Johnson (ELP)Day, C., Moos, L., & Johnson, L. (2004, January). Early findings from the InternationalSuccessful School Leadership Project. Symposium presented at the annual conference ofthe International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI),Rotterdam, The Netherlands.Reynolds, D., Clarke, P., Johnson, L., & Muijs, R. (2004, January). Improving schools indifficulty: International perspectives. Symposium presented at the annual conference ofthe International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI),Rotterdam, The Netherlands.Joshee, R., Johnson, L., & Goldburg, M. (2004, May). Building effective communitypartnerships for socially just policy making. Symposium to be presented at the annualmeeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Winnipeg,Manitoba.Jaekyung Lee (CSEP)Lee, J. (2004, April). Racial and ethnic achievement gap trends: Do schools measure up to equity?Paper presented at the Vanderbilt University Peabody Conference on Brown vs.Board of Education, Nashville, TN.Colleen Maloney-Berman (LAI doctoral student)Maloney-Berman, C. (2004, May). One teacher, many students: Beliefs about languageteaching and learning. Paper presented at the annual conference of the AmericanAssociation for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR.Manar Sabry (ELP doctoral student)Sabry, M. (2004, March). Islam, women, and gender justice. Paper presented at the Universityat Buffalo’s Gender Across Borders: Graduate Student Symposium on Gender,Buffalo, NY.Soomin Sohn (LAI doctoral student)Sohn, S. (2004, April). A comparison of how American and Korean teachers deal with studentswho misbehave. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association forChildhood Education International, New Orleans, LA.Monica Spring (LAI master’s student)Spring, M., Levey, K. M., Bosiacki, K., Cszolowski, A., Dueringer, J. M., Smith, K., &Sorrentino, D. (2003, December). Symbolic development in rhythm representations: Astudy of invented notations. Paper presented at the 2003 winter conference of the NewYork State School Music Association, Rochester, NY.Liang Zhao (ELP doctoral student)Zhao, L. (2004, April). Ethical considerations in the use of technology in education. Paperpresented at the 33rd annual conference of the New York State Foundations ofEducation Association, Plattsburgh, NY.

****************************************************************************************************THIS ‘N’ THATAbebayehu Aemero (ELP doctoral student) presented the paper Students’ Expectations andAttainments in the U.S.: Missing Links in the Journey to Postsecondary Education at the “EducationFever in China, Korea, and the United States” symposium organized by Jaekyung Lee (CSEP) at theApril 2004 annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (InternationalRelations Committee), San Diego, CA.Peter Briechle (Ph.D., 2001, ELP) is the Director of Research and Data Support in the division ofAlumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. He recently published an articlein the CASE International Journal of Educational Advancement entitled “Does Institutional TypeAffect Alumnae Donating Patterns in the United States?”Doug Clements (LAI) was on the planning committee for the National Research Council’sworkshop on Mathematical and Scientific Development in Early Childhood, Washington, DC,March 22, 2004. He also presented the keynote address (see Presentations section).Catherine Cornbleth (LAI) will receive an Exceptional Scholar Award in the category of SustainedAchievement, at the UB Scholars, Inventors, and Entrepreneurs reception on Wednesday, May 26th,2004 from 4-6 p.m., at the Center for Tomorrow.Greg Dimitriadis (ELP) has three American Educational Research Association (AERA) related newsitems. First, he was awarded the AERA Division B Outstanding Book Award for Promises to Keep:Cultural Studies, Democratic Education, and Public Life. Second, he won the AERA Critical Issues inCurriculum and Cultural Studies SIG (Special Interest Group) Early Career Award. Finally, he wasappointed co-chair of AERA Division G Program Committee (Section 2: Multicultural Contexts ofEducation) for the 2005 conference.Mary Gresham (Dean, GSE) has been chosen as one of the 2004 Pathfinders. This awards programhonors people in the community who have forged partnerships that benefit students across WesternNew York. Winners are selected based on their achievements and continuing efforts to work throughschools and businesses to provide the best education for children in the community. The 2004Pathfinders is a joint effort by the Buffalo Alliance for Education, Business First, IndependentHealth, Junior Achievement, and the Niagara Frontier Industry Education Council. In addition,Dean Gresham joined members of the state Board of Regents, state education officials, andadministrators from area colleges and school districts for an informal meeting at UB’s JacobsExecutive Development Center on April 19, 2004. Among the issues discussed were developingpartnerships between colleges and school districts, teacher retention, and meeting new standards.Dean Gresham was quoted in an April 20 Buffalo News story (page C-1) that summarized themeeting. She commented on GSE’s philosophy that education is considered a continuum fromelementary school through college: “We don’t think in terms of K-12. We think in terms of K-16.”GSE’s Graduate Student Research Symposium was mentioned in Stephen Watson’s Buffalo Newson-line column, April 6, 2004 (www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040406/1034949.asp) and reads:“About 175 people attended the Graduate School of Education’s 11th annual student researchsymposium last Thursday at the University Inn and Conference Center in Amherst. Ninety-fourstudents presented their research, with topics ranging from the politicization of women in a slum inCalcutta to an analysis of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ‘As far as we know, this is the largestsymposium in the nation in a graduate school of education,’ said David Vater Jr. (ELP doctoralstudent), the school’s research symposium committee chairman.” The following is an alphabetical6

7list of all GSE student and alumni presentations by department (unless indicated, all students are inGSE doctoral programs):PRESENTERS – 11 TH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUMDepartment of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology (CSEP)Meredith Beck – “Preventing a Lifetime of Body Image Dissatisfaction: Eating Disorders, BodyImage and Current Prevention/Intervention Programs”Jennifer Duncan and Erin Rafter – “The Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the PKRS-II”Cate Flanagan – “Characteristics of Family Functioning and Eating Disorders: A Meta-Analysis”Jeffery D. Fox (master’s student) – “Adaptive Behavior, Problematic Behavior and IQ: TowardsClarification of Construct Interrelatedness”Elizabeth Holmes – “Barriers to Help-Seeking in Ethnic Minority Clients”Theresa Mignone and Deborah Gerrity (CSEP faculty) – “Fostering a Child who may have beenSexually Abused: A Training Needs Assessment”Bernadette Peters – “Perceptions and Barriers of Psychotherapy and Counseling of CollegiateAthletes”Aron Steward, Maggie Stoutenburg, and Karen Herdzik – “Aspects of Grief”Kathleen Woodside – “Age at Sexual Debut and Psychological Distress in Adult Women”Department of Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP)David Cantaffa, Judy Roycroft, Wanda Schoenfeld, Michael Stanford, and Tina Wagle (Ph.D.,2003) – “On who we are in the Research Process”Catalina Crespo – “What are the Perceptions and Experiences of Latino Immigrant Children andtheir Mothers towards the American Educational System?”Carrie Freie – “What do you want to do when you Graduate from High School: What WhiteWorking Class High School Juniors have to say about their Futures”Karen Geelan – “The Evolution of Community in a Consolidated Rural School District: A TrigenerationalStudy”Jenifer Gilson – “No Child Left Behind: The Cadillac of Education Legislation”Barbara Godshall – “Understanding the Factors that Influence the Job Satisfaction of SpecialEducation Administrators in New York State”Julie Gorlewski – “Tracking Meaning: Students and Teachers Narrate Their Experiences with andPractices of Writing”Mary Haggerty – “Back-seat Driver or Co-navigator: Parents and Administrators as Co-problemSolvers”Lijuan Hu – “Teachers’ Perception of Effective Leadership”Rita Kasa – “Cost-sharing in Higher Education in Latvia”Shuzo Kogure – “Techno-orientalism in National Geographic Magazine”Martin Lyonga – “Causes Underlying Differences in Absence Rates Between Teachers in UrbanPublic and Catholic High Schools”Handan Mazioglu – “Education-international Trade-development: A Comparative Analysis of Sub-Saharan African and East Asian Countries”Leslie J. McCain (master’s student) – “Mathematics Anxiety in University Undergraduates”Holly McCarthy – “The Narrative Experiences of Black, Female Students at a Small, PredominantlyWhite Private College”Karen Miller – “I want to be a Dentist: First and Fourth Year Dental Students Narrate why theyChose Dentistry as a Profession and Express their Levels of Satisfaction”Darren O’Hern – “ ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: The Western New York Casino Struggle as a Site ofCommunity (De)Construction”Susan J. Ott – “Raring to Go: The ILGWU, Its History and the Educational Experiences of theWomen who Participated, 1916-1995”

8Marie Perini – “An Action Research Study: Effective Communication of Educational Data”Maryellen Royce – “Principals Drive Special Education Programs”Judith Roycroft – “How Homeless Women Narrate the Experiences of their own Education andhow those Experiences affect their Willingness to Participate in the Education of theirChildren”Manar Sabry – “Cost Sharing in Ghana”Wanda Schoenfeld – “ ‘What Yellow Brick Road?’: Women in Administration”Mustafa Sever – “ ‘They were children when they came’: Childhood Experiences of First GenerationTurkish-American Immigrants”Tourouzou Some – “The Experiences of African Refugee Children in an Urban High School inAmerica”Michael Stanford – “The Changing Perceptions of Social Support Networks of an African-AmericanCommunity in Buffalo, as Narrated by the Elderly African-American Population”Amy Stich – “Hitting the Road: Taking Art Education Programs into the Community”Jason J. Stickney – “Balance and Boundaries: Negotiating Masculinity in a Martial Arts Dojo”Tengteng Wan – “Tuition Fees and Cost Sharing in Portuguese Higher Education”Jie Wang – “The Theory and Practice of Income Contingent Repayment (ICR) for Student Loansin the United States”Yu Wang – “Beyond the Horizon: Perceptions of Gender among Female Chinese Students in theU.S.”Julie Weigand – “Not like Me: How White Working-class Elementary Students Articulate theirPerceptions of Race”Shengjun Yuan – “Privatization of Food and Lodging Services in Chinese Universities”Liang Zhao – “Experiencing Different Realities – Verbal and Nonverbal Communication throughthe Interactive Television System in Distance Learning”Yan Zhao – “Enlightened or Enlisted – Asian College Students in a Christian Mission”Department of Learning and Instruction (LAI)Carlie Arnold (master’s student), Shaun Burke (teaching certification student), Kira Faulhaber(teaching certification student), Radek Ostrowski (master’s student), and Joseph Pluchino(master’s student) – “How are Students’ Behaviors and Written Responses Related to aTeacher’s Focus on Conceptual Learning?”Nancy M. Bailey – “Storytime at the Public Library: A Place for the Emergent Reader”Mary Ellen Bardsley – “Teachers’ Understanding of Preschoolers’ Hypothetical LearningTrajectories”Timothy Bennett (master’s student) – “Students’ Perceptions of Respect”Karen Bordonaro – “The Use of an American College Library by ESL Students: An ExploratoryStudy in the Utilization of Resources and Language Learning”Eric Bray (teaching certification student) – “Multiple Intelligences in the Math Classroom”Yi-Ching Cheng – “Multi-cultural Enrichment from Experiences in the Classroom”Tracy Galuski – “Parent Perceptions of Child Care and Accreditation”Jill M. Gradwell – “Perceptions of Practice: Primary Source Use with Pupils”Sami Hanna – “Empire and Reformation of Deviant Education”Ruth Hurysz (teaching certification student) – “Anxiety in the L2 Classroom: How Prevalent is itand how can Teachers Work to Reduce It?”Chinwe Ikpeze – “Towards the Remediation of Reading Difficulty: Case Study of Family LiteracySupervision on the Reading Improvement of Children Receiving Reading Instruction at aUniversity Reading Clinic”Akemi S. Isselbaecher – “Language Anxiety: Students’ and Teachers’ Perspectives in the JapaneseLanguage Classrooms”Corinne Kindzierski – “A Comparison of Treatment Across Writing Samples”Sofia Maxick – “Use of the Six Trait Model to Improve Writing”

9Sean McCarthy (teaching certification student) – “An Assessment of the Positive and NegativeEffects of High-stakes Testing”Kathleen McGrath – “The Process of Parental Advocacy for their Struggling Reader: A GroundedTheory”Robyn O. McMaster – “Collaboration for Change: The Influence of Arts-based AuthenticAssessment on Literature Learning”Hiroko Nakagawa (Ed.M., 2003) – “Gender and Language: Code-switching in Japanese-EnglishFemale Bilingual’s Speech”Robin O’Dell – “Implementation of Pre-K Math Programs”Yong Joon Park – “A Box Project: How to Use Regular Boxes as Developmentally AppropriateMath and Science Materials” and “Taekwondo Instructors and Programs for YoungChildren: How to Apply Taekwondo Instruction to Young Children as a DevelopmentallyAppropriate Device”Graziela Rondon-Pari – “Analysis of the Use of English and Spanish in a Spanish College LevelClass”Jeanne Skotnicki (master’s student) – “Guerilla Tactics: Disrupting Gender Norms in the HighSchool Classroom”Elizabeth Venezia (master’s student) – “Reading Practices held by Boys and Girls”Natalya Vinogradova – “Acquisition of Mathematical Knowledge”Jaclyn Whitmore (master’s student) – “Reading Motivation”Karen M. Wieland – “The Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition Strategies of Adolescent Readers: AnAnalysis of Think-aloud Protocols”René Wroblewski – “Candyland, Blue’s Clues and Legos: Parent’s Perceptions of how theirPreschoolers are Learning Mathematics at Home “Youjin Yang – “Multicultural Awareness: Lessons from Korean Folktales”ELP and LAIDavid Cantaffa (ELP), Catie LaLonde (ELP), Erika Nenni (LAI - teaching certification student),and Eric Yarwood (LAI - master’s student) – “Reviewing Social Issues in Education: Standand Deliver & Dead Poets Society; A Comparative Look – A Conversation among TeacherEducation Students”Ali Ait Mhamed (ELP), Tabitha Buggie-Hunt (ELP), Sarah Collard (LAI), Catie LaLonde (ELP),Michelle Meyers (ELP), and Adiam Tsegai (ELP) – “Writing the Dissertation Proposal:Speedbumps on the Road to Success”S. Maxwell Hines (Ph.D., 1993, LAI) is an associate professor and graduate director, secondaryscience education at Hofstra University. Her book, Multicultural Science Education: Theory, Practiceand Promise, published by Peter Lang in 2003, sold out at the April 2004 American EducationalResearch Association (AERA) conference in San Diego, CA. She chairs the 4th largest AERA SpecialInterest Group (out of 149), “Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender.”Jim Hoot (LAI) is the 2004 recipient of the Association for Childhood Education International(ACEI) Patty Smith Hill Award. The award is intended to recognize one truly outstanding ACEImember each year who has contributed significantly to the betterment of ACEI and children. Hoot’saward is engraved: “James L. Hoot: The preeminent recognition of the Association for ChildhoodEducation International is bestowed in gratitude on those members who throughout their longdistinguished careers, have worked for the betterment of children and truly exemplify the pioneerspirit of Patty Smith Hill and the ideals of our association.”Susan Horrocks (CSEP doctoral student) is the 2004 recipient of the Association for Specialists inGroup Work (ASGW) Vicki E. Bowman Outstanding Graduate Student award. The award isnamed after an extraordinary young woman of great character, wisdom, integrity, and energy whose

10courage inspired teachers and group workers to be the best that they can be. The scholarshiphonors an outstanding graduate student who is active in the study and practice of group work whoalso demonstrates leadership and support roles among fellow graduate students.Steve Jacobson (Associate Dean, GSE) chaired the University Council for EducationalAdministration (UCEA) 2004 Davis Award Committee. The Davis Award is given annually to theoutstanding article published in the previous year’s volume of Educational Administration Quarterly(EAQ). EAQ is, arguably, the most prestigious journal in the field of educational administration.Ian Kudel (Ph.D., 2004, CSEP) is a post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University.Jaekyung Lee (CSEP) was appointed member of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) AcademicAdvisory Board at the Harvard University Civil Rights Project. One of the recent reports from thisproject was Kim, J., & Sunderman, G. L. (2004). Large mandates and limited resources: State responseto the No Child Left Behind Act and implications for accountability. Cambridge, MA: The Civil RightsProject at Harvard. (www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/esea/call_nclb.php)Guofang Li (LAI) will receive an Exceptional Scholar Award in the category of Young Investigator,at the UB Scholars, Inventors, and Entrepreneurs reception on Wednesday, May 26th, 2004 from 4-6 p.m., at the Center for Tomorrow.Suzanne Miller (LAI) was recognized as Outstanding Faculty by the Department of Learning andInstruction’s Graduate Student Association at the their annual Awards Banquet, April 30, 2004.Al Pautler (Professor Emeritus, ELP) earned his private pilot certificate in 1991. You can read abouthis experience in “Overdue assignment: Thwarted years ago, a retired professor becomes a pilot,”beginning on page 52 in the May 2004 issue of AOPA Flight Training magazine.Raechele Pope (ELP) received the Outstanding Contribution to Multicultural Education Awardfrom the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Standing Committee on MulticulturalAffairs at the April 2004 ACPA conference in Philadelphia, PA.Emily Sinsabaugh (ELP doctoral student) was elected chair of the Board of Directors for theNational Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education (NAPAHE) at the organization’sannual meeting in February 2004.Dennis Valone (Ed.D., 1993, CSEP) is the director of Early Intervention and Mental HealthServices at the Northwest TriCounty Intermediate Unit in Edinboro, PA. He recently authoredarticles in the National Association of School Psychologists’ publication, Exemplary Mental HealthPrograms (2002) and the American Psychological Association Division 16 newsletter, The SchoolPsychologist (2001, 55, 4).Luz Morelia Vanegas (Ed.M., 1976, LAI) is celebrating her 20th anniversary as owner and directorof LEXICOM, an English language training center she opened in Medellin, Columbia in1984.Christine Wang’s (LAI) dissertation, Third Space: Sharing a Computer in a First-Grade Classroom,received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association’sEarly Education/Child Development SIG (Special Interest Group) during the April 2004 annualconference in San Diego, CA.

****************************************************************************************************Please send your accomplishments by e-mail exactly as you would like to see them printed (whereapplicable, please follow the APA Style Manual - Fifth Edition, if possible) to GSE Assistant DeanJenifer Lawrence at jlawrenc@buffalo.edu. Please remember that (1) submissions may be edited forconsistency and style considerations, and (2) accomplishments will only be included one time in theBulletin. For example, an article that is listed as (in press) will not be recognized in a later Bulletinwhen the article is actually published. Thank you.****************************************************************************************************11