Fall 2009
- Adam Sheppard has been selected as a 2009-2010 Pedagogical Fellow. To qualify for consideration as a Pedagogical Fellow, a doctoral student must have demonstrated academic achievement, exhibited personal responsibility, and served as a Teaching Assistant at UC Irvine. Adam, who will be entering his second year of doctoral study for a Ph.D. in Education, was employed in six 25% TA positions during the 2008-2009 academic year, including EDUC 122A: Foundations of Elementary School Mathematics and EDUC 131: Educational Technology during fall quarter; EDUC 172B: Teaching and Learning Secondary Mathematics and EDUC 181A: Principles and Practices of Coaching I in winter 2009: Education 50C: Origins, Purposes, and Central Issues in K-12 Education and EDUC 181B: Principles and Practices of Coaching Sports II in spring 2009. As a Pedagogical Fellow, Adam will guide TAs during their university level training and organize specific department level training. He will facilitate communication among the 2009-2010 TAs, course instructors, the TA Coordinator, and the DoE Directors of Undergraduate Education and the Teacher Credential Program and provide suggestions for improving the TA program within the department and at the university level. Read more about Adam Sheppard.
- DoE welcomes Single Subject Teacher Credential Candidates to UCI during Fall Orientation on August 20. Read more.
- DoE hosts Fall Orientation for Multiple Subject Teacher Credential Candidates at Mariners Elementary in Newport Beach, on August 18. Read more.
Summer 2009
- Michael Wen Yeung is a recipient of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Fellowship.
The SURP program offers UC Irvine students the opportunity to become
immersed in a research topic for a full-time ten-week period, or the
equivalent of 400 hours during the summer months. Applicants submit a
research proposal in Winter Quarter for consideration for a summer
award. Mr. Yeung’s proposal was entitled: Changes in Motivation of
Non-Gifted Identified Students in the Presence or Absence of Gifted
Identified Students and Effects on Academic Performance. This summer, under the guidance of Assistant Professor Annemarie Conley,
Mr. Yeung is researching what happens to non-gifted identified students
when a gifted identified student is sitting next to them. Part of his
research involves analyzing data from the Math-Science Partnership –
Motivation Assessment Program. Read more about Michael Wen Yeung.
- Ph.D. Student Irene Vega, UC Irvine Eugene Cota Robles Scholar, is one of 12 students campus-wide to receive a UC Irvine Faculty Mentor Program Fellowship for the 2009-2010 academic year. The fellowship provides one year of support for her research exploring the gender gap in education ($18,000 plus a $500 travel stipend). Under the guidance of her faculty mentor, Dr. Estela Zarate, Ms. Vega will study a program whose mission is to engage and graduate male high school students. Ms. Vega is entering her third year of doctoral study in the Educational Policy and Social Context (EPSC) specialization. Her research foci include college access and persistence, P-16 initiatives, and gender equity.
- Eight Ph.D. students have joined the Social Inequality and Education
(SIE) Research Group. SIE participants are meeting weekly throughout
the summer to critically examine the role of education in U.S. society.
Students Femi Vance and Briana Hinga (both pictured above) are working with Assistant Professor Estela Zarate and Dr. Claudia Pineda on the Promising After-School Study. Alejandra Albarran, Andrea Cons, Tina Matuchniak, and Sonja Lind (pictured above) are working with Associate Professor Gilberto Conchas and Assistant Professor Leticia Oseguera on the Beyond Family and Culture Study. Dr. Conchas and Dr. Oseguera also are guiding Edelina Burciaga and Irene Vega
(pictured above) on the case study entitled Black and Latino High
School Boys. Two additional students, UCI/UCLA Ed.D. dissertator Diane
Araujo and Master’s student Angelica Cortez have joined this third case
study. The SIE Research Group is exploring how demographic,
economic, historical, political, and social forces impact race and
ethnic populations with respect to their school engagement and
achievement. Particular emphasis is being placed on understanding how
Asian American, African American, Chicano/Latino, and white students
make meaning of their educational plight in distinct school and
community contexts. The experiences of these groups in schooling and
their attempts to gain social mobility are being critically assessed to
understand how structures of domination and subordination are
reproduced and resisted through the “cultural practices” of distinct
student populations. Special attention is being given to the
transformative practices that enable students to dismantle inequality
and struggle for a more democratic society. By the end of the
summer, each case study team will be submitting drafts of articles to
be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Spring 2009
- Ph.D. student Maria Parente has been awarded a UC Irvine Public Impact
Fellowship. Fellows for this program are selected on the basis of
academic excellence, accomplishments, and the potential of their
research to have a substantial impact in the public sphere. This
particular fellowship program is new for 2008/09 and is intended to
recognize and facilitate the research of students whose work
demonstrates the potential of graduate education to have substantial
societal value. Ms. Parente's study will extend her self care research
in order to elucidate the individual and contextual conditions in which
self care is likely to lead to two key developmental outcomes, namely
academic performance and social behavior problems (e.g., aggression).
Ms. Parente's advisor is Associate Professor Joseph Mahoney.
- Ph.D. student Femi Vance has been accepted to the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program Workshop Data User Training for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to be held July 8-10, 2009, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the University of Michigan. This workshop is being co-sponsored by the Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR) Project, Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, and NICHD.
- Ph.D. student Maria Parente has been awarded a UC Irvine Public Impact Fellowship. Fellows for this program are selected on the basis of academic excellence, accomplishments, and the potential of their research to have a substantial impact in the public sphere. This particular fellowship program is new for 2008/09 and is intended to recognize and facilitate the research of students whose work demonstrates the potential of graduate education to have substantial societal value. Ms. Parente's study will extend her self care research in order to elucidate the individual and contextual conditions in which self care is likely to lead to two key developmental outcomes, namely academic performance and social behavior problems (e.g., aggression). Ms. Parente's advisor is Associate Professor Joseph Mahoney.
- CSU/UCI Ed.D.student Mario Valente is the new Dean of Academic Information Services at Mira Costa College in Oceanside, California.
- Ph.D. student Laurie Hansen was presented with a 2009 Community Honoree Award at the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Board of Education meeting on May 26, 2009. Each school in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District selected one outstanding community member who contributed service for the 2008-09 school year. John O. Tynes Elementary School selected Ms. Hansen for her volunteer work as PTA President, member of the Tynes School Site Council, and Tynes representative at the Superintendent's Community Advisory Council. In addition, Ms. Hansen planned and taught art lessons throughout the year in grades K, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, and 6. Ms. Hansen serves the larger community through her work as secretary of the Placentia Little League board and treasurer of Placentia National Junior Basketball board. She has volunteered in the Placentia community since 2002.
- Ph.D. student Irene Vega is one of 12 recipients campus-wide of a 2009 UC Irvine Faculty Mentor Program Fellowship. As a Fellow, she will receive one year of fellowship support and a travel stipend to support her research. Under the guidance of her faculty mentor, Dr. Estela Zarate, Ms. Vega will explore the gender gap in education by focusing on a program whose mission is to engage and graduate male high school students.
- Ph.D. student Adam Sheppard has been selected as a UC Irvine Pedagogical Fellow for the 2009-2010 school year. As a Pedagogical Fellow, Mr. Sheppard will work with the Teaching, Learning & Technology Center (TLTC) to enhance undergraduate teaching and will train new TAs in Fall 2009. Ph.D. student Tran Dang served as the Pedagogical Fellow for the 2008-2009 academic year.
- CSU/UCI doctoral student Freda Rossi is the new Principal at Charles W. Bursch Elementary School in the Compton Unified School District.
- Ph.D. student Laurie Hansen's article, "Bilingual and ELL Preservice Teachers and Technology Self-Efficacy," co-authored with S. Fitts, has been published in the Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2009. Ms. Hansen's paper is an extension of her first year research project. Citation & Abstract.
- Ph.D. student Briana Hinga has been accepted to attend the PreK-3rd Data Resource Center-sponsored workshop, Longitudinal Explorations of Child Outcomes and Well-Being, to be held June 22-24, 2009 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as part of the 2009 Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Science Research at the University of Michigan.
- Ph.D. student Sonja Lind presented in two sessions at the California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL) 2009 State Conferencein April: (1) "Web 2.0, User-Created Content and the Future of Online Written Language" (poster session) and (2) "21st Century Information Literacy for English Language Learners." Assistant Professor Rebecca Black is Ms. Lind's advisor.
- Ph.D. student Nayssan Safavian presented during the poster session at AERA in San Diego in April: "Ethnic identity and Academic Efficacy in the Classroom." Assistant Professor AnneMarie Conley is Ms. Safavian's advisor.
- Ph.D. student Maria Parente presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SCRD) Conference in Denver in April: "Adolescent self care and neighborhood characteristics: Do features of the self care environment matter for adolescent adjustment?" Associate Professor Joseph Mahoney is Ms. Parente's advisor.
- CSU/UCI partner Cal Poly Pomona hosted the Second Annual Graduate Research Symposium on May 30, 2009 at Kellogg West Conference Center in Pomona. Twenty-three doctoral and master's students presented their research during a two-part poster session Luncheon keynote speaker was Dr. Robert Pletka, current Superintendent of El Centro Unified School District, a 2006 CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. graduate, and recent recipient of the Cal Poly Pomona Distinguished Alumni Award. During his address, "Is an Ed.D. really necessary?," Dr. Pletka discussed the importance of understanding and utilizing research in the day-to-day operations of a school district and shared his personal perspective on the transformative experience of earning an Ed.D.
Congratulations to our new Doctors of Education
- Karen Brzoska, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CPP Emphasis in Educational Technology Leadership
- Vanitha Chandrasekhar, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CPP Emphasis in Educational Technology Leadership
- Renee DeLong Chomiak, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULB Emphasis in Higher Education and Community College Leadership
- T. Lee, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULA Emphasis in Urban Educational Leadership
- Sue Leonard-Giesen, UCI/UCLA Ed.D. in Educational Administration
- Feliz Ortiz-Licon, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULA Emphasis in Urban Educational Leadership
- Matais Pouncil , CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULB Emphasis in Higher Education and Community College Leadership
- Lorraine Test , Ed.D., CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSUF Emphasis in K-12 Instructional Leadership
Congratulations to our Doctoral Students who Advanced to Candidacy
- Silke Bradford, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULA Emphasis in Urban Educational Leadership
- Carl Duncan, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULA Emphasis in Urban Educational Leadership
- John McGarvey, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CPP Emphasis in Educational Technology Leadership
- Ron Richardson, UCI/UCLA Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration
Winter 2009
- Ph.D. student Yen Lin Chou's presentation "Facebook:Semiotics and Identity among Generation 1.5 Chinese Immigrants" has been publisihed by PAPR@UCI and is available online at: http://papr.web.uci.edu/. PAPR@UCI, a collaboration between Intel's People and Practices Research group and a number of UCI faculty, is coordinated by the Departments of Anthropology and Informatics. A block of funds is available to faculty and graduate students for grants in the broad area of the Cultures of Digital Media. Ms. Chou's advisor is Assistant Professor Rebecca Black.
- Ph.D. student Sonja Lind presented at the Teachers of English to Speakers of ther Languages (TESOL) Annual Conference in Denver in March: ""Life is a Suitcase, Half-Packed": Third Culture Identity Expressed in Online Communities." Ms. Lind's advisor is Assistant Professor Rebecca Black.
- Ph.D. student Irene Vega presented twice at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) Conference in San Antonio, Texas: (1) "Latina del Futuro is Now" and (2) "Entre Colegas: Navigating the Latina/o Graduate Student Pipeline." Ms. Vega's advisor is Assistant Professor Estala Zarate.
Congratulations to our Doctoral Students who Advanced to Candidacy
- Joseph Llamas, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULA Emphasis in Urban Educational Leadership
- Miguel Mendivil, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULA Emphasis in Urban Educational Leadership
- Barbara O'Connor, UCI/UCLA Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration
Fall 2008
- Ph.D. student Chin-Hsi Lin presented his paper: “Computer-mediated Communication in Chinese Language Instruction” at Session 11.2: Online Chinese Language Courses and Curricula, during the Chinese Language Teachers Association Conference (CLTA) in Orlando, Florida, November 21-23. Abstract: The utilization of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in language classes has become increasingly widespread in recent years; however, there have been relatively few studies of CMC use in the Chinese language classroom. This paper reports on a case study of CMC in an undergraduate third-year Chinese language class. The results indicate that three factors are important for successful use of CMC: teacher involvement, teacher attitudes and beliefs, and student factors.
- CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. Graduate Dr. LaWanna Shelton, Executive Director of English Language Learning for the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, traveled to Ireland Nov. 8 – 17 as part of an educational exchange program on Inclusive Education sponsored by the Boston College Irish Institute. Dr. Shelton was part of a team of MNPS educators who met with Irish educators, policy-makers, and community members when they visited the United States. Following their visit, the group invited Dr. Shelton to Ireland to be the follow-up speaker for the Inclusive Education program. In Ireland, Dr. Shelton visited schools, government departments, and organizations in both Dublin and Belfast to observe their policies and practices. The Irish Institute’s mission is to support the peace and reconciliation process through the provision of educational seminars and best practice visits for public officials, business leaders, and educators from Ireland and from Northern Ireland. The Institute’s work is funded by a grant from the U.S. Congress through the Department of State. From: MNPS Public Information Office. For more information about Metro Nashville Public Schools, please visit www.mnps.org.
- Two DoE graduates, Dr. Carolyn Bishop (UCI/UCLA Joint Ed.D.) and Dr. David Hernandez (CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D.) have co-written an article with Christopher Foster of California State University, Fullerton. The article "Alternative Certification: Effectively Preparing Teachers," published in the Journal of the National Association of Alternative Certification, can be accessed at http://www.alt-teachercert.org/Fall%202008.pdf
- Ph.D. Student Laurie Hansen, Cohort 1, has one article published and another in press, for fall publication. The published article is: Hansen, L.E. (2008). Parents as partners in art education enrichment. Young Children, 63(5), 90-95. The article in press is: Weisman, E. M. & Hansen, L. E. (2008). Student teaching in urban and suburban schools: Perspectives of Latino preservice teachers. Urban
Education, 43(6). Additionally, one of Ms. Hansen's earlier co-authored articles also has been reprinted in Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, v73(4), pp. 61-65, December 2007.
- Karen Brzoska, CSU/UCI student in the CPP Educational Technology Leadership Emphasis, has advanced to Associate Director of IT&T Learning at Cal Poly Pomona.
- Christine Copp, Ed.D., has accepted the position of Director of Academic Technology at Loyola Marymount University. Dr. Copp was a 2007 graduate of the CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, Cal Poly Pomona Emphasis in Educational Technology Leadership.
- Joseph Llamas, CSU/UCI Ed.D. student in the CSULA Urban Educational Leadership Emphasis, has accepted a new position as the Assistant Principal over Instruction at Banning High School.
- Ph.D. student Yen-Lin Chou presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of National Reading Conference (NRC) in Orlando in December: "Immigrant Youth, Globalization, and Twenty-First Century Skills." Ms. Chou's advisor is Assistant Professor Rebecca Black.
- Ph.D. student Lauren Shea presented at Immersion Education: Pathways to Bilingualism and Beyond in St. Paul in October: "The Power of Reflective Change Transition to an 80/20 Model." Professor Mark Warschauer is Ms. Shea's advisor.
- CSU/UCI Partner University Cal Poly Pomona has hosted their first Professional Learning Community meetings for Educational Technology Emphasis Ed.D. students at the Kellogg West Conference Center on August 23 and September 6.
Congratulations to our new Doctors of Education
- Peter Jones, UCI/UCLA Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration
- Amit Schitai, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULB Emphasis in Higher Education and Community College Leadership
- Kristi Smith, Ed.D., UCI/ UCLA Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration
- Dena Valin, Ed.D., UCI/ UCLA Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration
- Cindy Vyskocil, Ed.D., CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULB Higher Education and Community College Leadership Emphasis
- Nancy Watkins, Ed.D., CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSUF K-12 Instructional Leadership Emphasis
Congratulations to our Doctoral Students who Advanced to Candidacy
- Ray Chavez, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CPP Educational Technology Leadership Emphasis
- Myrona Delaney, UCI/UCLA Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration
- Barbara O'Connor, UCI/UCLA Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration
- Jennifer Wagner, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CPP Educational Technology Leadership Emphasis
- Richard Rams, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULB Higher Education and Community College Leadership Emphasis
- Miguel Mendivil, CSU/UCI Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership, CSULA Urban Educational Leadership Emphasis
- Pam McFadden , UCI/UCLA Joint Ed.D. in Educational Administration
- Maria Parente, UCI Ph.D. in Education, Educational Policy and Social Context and Learning, Cognition, and Development Specializations
