Faculty Grants and Awards: Measurement, Statistics & Evaluation Asst. Professor Jeffrey Harring, (left) and Asst. Professor Rebecca Silverman (Special Education), received an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) grant for their project, "Investigating breadth, depth, & comprehension in English monolingual & Spanish-English bilingual elementary school students." Professor George Macready, and Brandi Weiss (graduate assistant), received a grant from the Center for Teaching Excellence for their undergraduate teaching mentorship program.   Asst. Professor André A. Rupp received a University of Maryland Graduate Research Board 2009 Summer Research Award for his research project, "Robustness of diagnostic classification models due to model misspecification: Toward a consumer report for multidimensional measurement models." Human Development Professor Judith Torney-Purta was honored with the 2009 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. The award recognizes her lifetime contributions to developing civic knowledge and democratic attitudes around the world, promoting international collaborative efforts in research and infusing her teaching with an international perspective. [More] Curriculum and Instruction Interim Chair Linda Valli was named for a 2009 Alumni Achievement Award by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education. The highest honor bestowed by the school on its graduates, the award recognizes her extraordinary contributions to education, in particular her research and leadership in educating teachers for teaching in diverse contexts, and assessing the impact of education policies on classroom practices. Valli is the inaugural holder of the College's Jeffrey and David Mullan Professorship in Teacher Education-Professional Development.   New and Visiting Faculty: Human Development Nathan C. Hall recently joined the College of Education as an assistant professor. He earned his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Manitoba and completed postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine, and the Institute for Educational Psychology at the University of Munich. Hall's research examines the psychosocial determinants of college students' optimal development in academic achievement settings, with a focus on motivational strategies, discrete emotions and intervention programs as predictors of health, motivation and performance. Educational Leadership, Higher Education and International Education J. Carlos Manduley joined the College of Education faculty as a visiting professor and special assistant to the dean. He is sponsored under a two-year federal government leadership development agreement between the University of Maryland and the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Civil Rights within the U.S. Department of Transportation. Manduley has over 25 years of academic, leadership, advisory, management, research and teaching experiences, both domestically and internationally. He is assisting the College's departments and units in assessing their current international and Latino studies programs and activities   David Cooper Named Education Dean, Elon University Interim Associate Dean David Cooper has been appointed dean of the School of Education at Elon University, North Carolina, effective June 1, 2009. Since joining the University of Maryland 25 years ago as a faculty member of the College of Education's Department of Special Education, Cooper proved himself a valuable asset in various leadership roles, from serving as director of professional development schools to his most recent position overseeing undergraduate programs and school partnerships. The College of Education community wishes him all the best and much success at Elon.   We Rembember... The College of Education mourned the passing of the following colleagues in 2008-09: --David J. Rhoads, alumnus (Ed.D. '63) and retired faculty member of the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, passed away on Nov. 2, 2008. --V. Phillips Weaver, professor emeritus of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, passed away on Nov. 17, 2008. --Dora F. Kennedy, alumna (Ph.D. '79; M.Ed. '57) and adjunct faculty member of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, passed away on Feb. 1, 2009. The deceased were honored with special memorial resolutions entered into the official minutes of the College of Education Senate as part of the spring College Assembly held on Feb. 20, 2009. The resolutions can be viewed at: www.education.umd.edu/college_senate/memorials		INSIDE: Upcoming events & Important dates A Global Perspective Faculty/Staff News Student Awards Campaign Update Tech Talk CoE In The News CB front page CB archives College home page
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