Faculty News & Notes

September 2016

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Faculty Awards & Honors:

John Allegrante will be presented with the 2017 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award at the 68th annual meeting of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) conference.

Randall E. Allsup was the keynote speaker of the Third Symposium on LGBT Studies and Music Education at theUniversity of Illinois, May 21, 2016. His presentation was titled“Fractured (fairy) Tales: In Search of Transformational Spaces in Music Education.”

Christopher Emdin has been appointed a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania in their Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education for 2016/2017.

Christopher Emdin has been invited to participate in the Congressional Black Caucus panel by the White House Initiative for African American Education. “Producing STEM STARS: Supporting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Success among African American Students. (September 2016)

Christopher Emdin has been invited to participate in the Congressional Black Caucus panel by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Congressional Black Caucus’ Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) “Mars 2033: The Future of Space Exploration.”

Ansley Erickson will receive the 2016 History of Education (HES) Society Prize for the best article in the field published during the past two years at the HES annual conference in November.

Henry Levin gave the keynote address this past June at the Spanish Economics of Education Society in Badajoz, Spain, titled “Benefit-Cost Analysis of Social and Emotional Learning.”

Felicia Moore Mensah will receive the 2017 Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year Award from the Association of Science Teacher Education.

Lori Quinn was the plenary speaker at the American Physical Therapy Association IV STEP meeting this past July at Ohio State University.

Ann Rivet has been appointed for a two-year position as a Program Officer in the Division for Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings at the National Science Foundation, starting in September 2016.

Gita Steiner-Khamsi, in her association with ICREST (the international branch of TC’s National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teachers), along with her graduate students who participated in the project, received an award from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the “Most Successful Development Project” for their ADB-funded project on "Education for the Poor” with their national partner in Mongolia, the Mongolian Education Alliance.

Priscilla Wohlstetter was elected in spring 2016 to a 3-year term as president of the Charters & School Choice Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association.

Faculty Publications of Books and Refereed Journal Articles:

Allsup, Randall E. (2016).Remixing the classroom:Toward an open philosophy of music education. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Shieh, E., & Allsup, Randall E. (2016). Fostering musical independence.Music EducatorsJournal,102(4), 30-35.

Boyce, J., Bowers, Alex J. (2016). Principal turnover: Are there different types of principals who move from or leave their schools? A latent class analysis of the 2007-08 schools and staffing survey and the 2008-09 principal follow-up survey. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 15(3), 237-272.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2015.1047033

Wang, Y., Bowers, Alex J. (2016). Mapping the field of educational administration research: A journal citation network analysis of the discipline.Journal of Educational Administration, 54(3), 242-269.http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JEA-02-2015-0013

Jackson, M., & Buckner, Elizabeth.(2016). Opportunity without equity: Educational inequality and constitutional protections in Egypt.Sociological Science3, 730-756.

Buckner, Elizabeth, & Hodges, R. (2016). Cheating or cheated? Surviving secondary exit exams in a neoliberal era. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 46(4), 603-623.

Buckner, Elizabeth, Chedda, S., & Kindreich, J. (2016). Teacher professional development in the UAE: What do teachers really want? Policy Paper 16. Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE: Al Qasimi Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.alqasimifoundation.com/en/publication/59/teacher-professional-development-in-the-uae-what-do-teachers-actually-want

Cohodes, Sarah R., Grossman, D.S., Kleiner, S.A., &. Lovenheim, M.F. (2016). The effect of child health insurance access on schooling: Evidence from public insurance expansions. Journal of Human Resources, 51(3), 556-588.

Chabrier, J., Cohodes, Sarah R. & Oreopoulos. P. (2016). What can we learn from charter school lotteries? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30(3), 57-84.
Custodero, Lori A., Cali, C., and Diaz-Donoso, A. (2016).Tunes and rhythms as transitional objects: Children's spontaneous musical behaviors on the subway.Research Studies in Music Education, 38(1), 55-74.

Dougherty, Kevin J.,Jones, S., Lahr, H.,Natow, R.S., Pheatt, L., & Reddy, V. (2016, April). Looking inside the black box of performance funding for Higher Education:Policy instruments, outcomes, obstacles, and unintended impacts.Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences,2(3), 147-173.

Dougherty, Kevin J., & Henig, Jeffrey R. (2016). Governance as a source of sector convergence in a changing sociopolitical landscape. In Christopher P. Loss & Patrick McGuinn (Eds.), Convergence: U.S. education policy fifty years after the ESEA and the HEA of 1965 (pp. 21-41). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

Edmonds, Lisa A. (2016). A review of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment: Theory, methods, results and clinical implications. Topics in Language Disorders, 36(2), 123- 135.

Hung, J., Edmonds, Lisa A., Reilly, J. (2016). Words speak louder than pictures for action concepts: An eyetracking investigation of the picture superiority effect in semantic categorization. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2016.1198818.

Kamil-Rosenberg, S., & Garber, Carol E. (2016). Cardiac conditioning for healthy individuals: Primary prevention of heart disease.Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports.1-10.doi: 10.1007/s40141-016-0130-9

Rossi, A., Garber, Carol E, Ortiz, M., Shankar, V., Goldberg, G.L., Nevadunsky, N.S. (2016). Feasibility of a physical activity intervention for obese, socioculturally diverse endometrial cancer survivors. Gynecol Oncol. 142(2), 304-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.05.034

Young, S.D., Montes, J., Kramer, S.S., Marra, J., Salazar. R., Cruz, R., Chiriboga, C.A., Garber, Carol E., De Vivo, D.C. (2016). Six-minute walk test is reliable and valid in spinal muscular atrophy. Muscle Nerve. doi: 10.1002/mus.25120

Gephart, Martha A., & Marsick, Victoria J. (2016). Strategic organizational learning: Using system dynamics for innovation and sustained performance. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Lee, T., Marneweck, M., Santello, M.,Gordon, Andrew. (2016). Visual cues of object propertiesdifferentially affect anticipatory planning of digit forces and placement.PLOS One.11(4), e0154033. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154033

Kuo, H-C.,Gordon, Andrew M., Henrionnet, A., Hautfenne, S., Friel, K., & Bleyenheuft, Y. (2016). Theeffects of intensive bimanual training with and without tactile training on tactile functionin children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy.Research DevelopmentalDisabilities,49-50,129-139. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.11.024

Hammer, Carol S., & Sawyer, B. (2016). Development of a culturally responsive book reading intervention for Latina mothers and their head start children.National Head Start Association Dialog, 18(4),123-128.

Hammer, Carol S., & Sawyer, B. (2016). Effects of a culturally responsive interactive book-reading intervention on the language abilities of preschool dual language learners: A pilot study.National Head Start Association Dialog,18(4),59-79.

Morgan, P.,Hammer, Carol S.,Farkas, G., Hillemeier, M., Maczuga, S., Cook, M., & Morano, S. (2016). Who receives speech/language services by five years of age in the U.S.?American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 25,183-199.

Lewis, K.,Hammer, Carol S., Sandilos, L., Sawyer, B. & Mendez, L. (2016).Relations among the home language and literacy environment and children's language abilities: A study of head start dual language learners and their mothers.Early Education and Development, 27,478-494.

Hatch, Thomas,Hill, K., & Roegman, R. (2016).Investigating the role of instructional rounds in the development of socialnetworks and district-wide improvement.American Educational Research Journal,53(4),1022-1053.


Jahromi, Laudan B., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., Zeiders, K. H. (2016). Trajectories of developmental functioning among children of adolescent mothers: Factors associated with risk for delay. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 121, 343-363.

Seay, D., Jahromi, Laudan B., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & Updegraff, K. A. (2016). Intergenerational transmission of maladaptive parenting strategies in families of adolescent mothers: Effects from grandmothers to young children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1097-1109.

Zeiders, K. H., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Jahromi, Laudan B., & Updegraff, K. A. (2016). Grandmothers’ familism values, adolescent mothers’ parenting efficacy, and children’s social competence. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 624-634.

Derlan, C. L., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, Laudan B. (2016). Mothers’ characteristics as predictors of adolescents’ ethnic identity: An examination of Mexican-origin teen mothers. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 22, 453-459.

Bravo, D.Y., Umaña-Taylor, A.J., Toomey, R.B., Updegraff, K.A., & Jahromi, Laudan B. (2016).Risky behaviors and educational attainment among young Mexican-origin mothers: The role of acculturative stress and the educational aspiration-expectation gap.International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 52, 13-26.

Bravo, D.Y., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Zeiders, K.H., Updegraff, K.A., & Jahromi, Laudan B. (2016).Incongruent teen pregnancy attitudes, coparenting conflict, and support among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers.Journal of Marriage and Family, 78, 531-545.

Bravo, D., Toomey, R. B., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Jahromi, Laudan B. (2015). Growth trajectories of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers’ educational expectations. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1-10.

Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Updegraff, K. A., Jahromi, Laudan. B & Zeiders, K. (2015). Trajectories of ethnic-racial identity and autonomy among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers in the U.S. Child Development, 86, 2034-2050.
Kuhn, Deanna. (2016). Learning is the key 21st century skill. Learning: Research and Practice. doi.org/10.1080/23735082.2016.1205207
Levin, Henry. (2016). Cost-effectiveness analysis of effective reading programs: A demonstration with recommendations for future research. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 9(1), 30-53.

Martínez-Roldán, Carmen M., & Quiñones, S. (2016). Resisting erasure and developing networks of solidarity: Testimonios of two Puerto Rican scholars in the academy.Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, (15)3. 151-164.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2016.1166059

Martínez-Roldán, Carmen M. (2016).When entertainmenttrumps social concerns: The commodification of Mexican culture and language inSkippyjon Jones. In H. Johnson, J. Mathis, & K. Short (Eds.), Critical content analysis of children’s and young adult literature: Reframing perspectives(pp. 61-76). New York, NY: Routledge.

Rosa, K., & Mensah, Felicia M. (2016). Educational pathways of Black women physicists: Stories of life. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12(1), 020113-020115.

Miller, Janet L. (2017). Generous interrogations and affirmations: Historiesand trajectories. In M. A. Doll, (Ed.),The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies(pp. 103-110). New York, NY: Routledge.

Naraian, Srikala, & Khoja-Moolji, S. (2016).Happy places, horrible times and scary learners: Affective performances and sticky objects in inclusive classrooms.International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1-17. doi/10.1080/09518398.2016.1201608

Naraian, Srikala.(2016). “Real” reading:Reconciling explicit instruction with inclusive pedagogy in a fourth grade classroom.Urban Education. doi: 10.1177/0042085916648742

Ursache, A., & Noble, Kimberly G. (2016) Socioeconomic status, white matter development, and executive function. Brain and Behavior. 1-13. e00531, doi: 1.1002/brb3.531

Melvin, S.A., Brito, N.H., Fifer, W.P., Elliott, A., Noble, Kimberly G.(2016). Home environment, but not socioeconomic status, is linked to differences in early phonetic perception ability. Infancy. doi: 10.1111/infa.12145

Brito, N.H., Fifer, W.P., Myers, M.M., Elliott, A.J.,Noble, Kimberly G.(2016). Associations among family socioeconomic status, EEG power at birth, and cognitive skills during infancy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience19,144-151.

Fritz N., Hamana K., Kelson M., Rosser A., Busse M.,Quinn, Lori.(2016).Motor-cognitive dual-task deficits in individuals with early-mid stage Huntington disease.Gait and Posture, 49, 283-289.

Quinn, Lori, Hamana K., Kelson, M., et al.(2016). A randomized, controlled trial of a multi-modal exercise intervention in Huntington’s disease. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2016.06.023.

Jones, C., Busse M.,Quinn, Lori,et al.(2016). The societal cost of Huntington’s disease: Are we underestimating the burden? European Journal of Neurology.doi: 10.1111/ene.13107

Pelcher, A., &Rajan, Sonali. (2016). After-school program implementation in urban environments: Increasing engagement among adolescent youth.Journal of School Health,86(8), 585-594.

Deitz, R., &Rajan, Sonali.(2016). Access and barriers to yoga as an intervention for at-risk adolescent youth.International Journal of Health Education and Promotion.

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Rebell, Michael. (2016). “Participatory readiness” and the courts. In D. Allen (Ed.). Education and equality (pp. 77-89). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Rebell, Michael. (2016). Adequate funding. In W.J. Mathis & T.T. Trujillo (Eds.), Learning lessons from the federal market-based reforms: Lessons for ESSA. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Keller, B., & Tipton, Elizabeth. (2016). Propensity score analysis in R: A software review. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 41, 326–348.
Wohlstetter, Priscilla, Buck, B., Houston, D.M., & Smith, C.O. (2016). Common core, uncommon theory of action: CEOs in New York City schools. In A.J. Daley & K.S. Finnegan (Eds.),Thinking and acting systemically: Improving school districts under pressure (pp. 147-182).Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.

Wohlstetter, Priscilla, Gonzales, M.M., & Wang, A.K. (2016). Commentary: What diverse charter schools do differently. Education Week. Retrieved from:http://www.edweek.org/ew/articiles/2016/06/24/what-diverse-charter-schools-do-differently.

Public Communication:

Christopher Emdin was interviewed by Education Week: Q and A on Teaching Youth of Color. (8/30/2016) http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/bookmarks/2016/09/qa_with_christopher_emdin_putting_youths_of_color_first_in_urban_schools.html

Christopher Emdin was interviewed on NewsOne: A Remedy for Cultural Bias in the Classroom. (8/23/2016) http://newsone.com/3517177/watch-a-remedy-for-cultural-bias-in-the-classroom

Christopher Emdin was published in the New York Times Op-Ed Sunday section on Why Black Men Quit Teaching (8/27/16) http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/opinion/sunday/why-black-men-quit-teaching.html

Christopher Emdin was interviewed on NPR radio - Back To School Barbershop: New Goals, Homework And Parental Supervision (8/27/16) http://www.npr.org/2016/08/27/491647592/back-to-school-barbershop-new-goals-homework-and-parental-supervision

Christopher Emdin was interviewed on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show: Being Culturally Responsive in Classrooms (6/7/2016) http://www.wnyc.org/story/culturally-responsive-classrooms/

Rajan, Sonali.(2016, June 13). The human right to be safe. Teachers College Newsroom.Retrieved from:http://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2016/june/the-human-right-to-be-safe-tcs-sonali-rajan-on-orlando/

Faculty Achievement in Grant Monies Received as reported by the Office of Grants and Contracts:

New grant monies

Project Director / Project Title / Grantor / Grant
Thomas Bailey /
Integrated Developmental Education Baseline Study Gates CAPR Survey
/
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation /
$ 450,000
Peter Bergman / Do Charter Schools Limit Access to Disadvantaged Students? / Russell Sage Foundation / $ 26,122
Alex Bowers / Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Evidence-Based Decision Making in Schools and Districts / National Science Foundation / $ 499,623
Alex Bowers / Disrupting the Digital Norm / American Educational Research Association / $ 20,000
Corbin Campbell / The Construct and Discriminant Validity of Assessing College Teaching Quality and Academic Rigor Using Observation, Survey and Other Emerging Methods / Spencer Foundation / $ 50,000
Sarah Cohodes / Leveling the Playing Field for High School Choice through Information Tools: A Randomized Intervention Study / Smith Richardson Foundation / $ 249,424
Herbert Ginsburg /
Development and Research in Early Mathematics Education Network - Phase II /
Stanford University /
$ 266,937
Carol Hammer /
Development of the Bilingual Assessment of Phonological Sensitivity /
United States Department of Education /
$ 344,780
Alexander Karp /
Current Issues in Math Education: the View from Two Countries, a Course for Graduate Students / Eurasia Foundation / $ 41,000
Ellen Meier /
Systemic Transformation of Inquiry Learning Environments for STEM /
National Science Foundation /
$1,338,888
Gita Steiner-Khamsi /
Development Capacity of National Stockholders in Monitoring and Evaluation of the Education Programs / UNICEF - Uzbekistan / $ 36,774
Mary Mendenhall /
Prototyping Katuma /
Amplify /
$ 50,000
Michelle Troche / Novel Management of Airway Protection in Parkinson's Disease: A Clinical Trial / Michael J. Fox Foundation / $ 913,822

Renewal grant monies