School of Education
ABOUT SoESampling of Faculty Awards and Honors
Alexandre Ardichvili, Ph.D., associate professor, has received the Award for Excellence from the Literati Club and the Emerald Group, London, United Kingdom, for the best article in the Journal of Knowledge Management.
Stephen Brookfield, Ph.D., distinguished university professor, is internationally recognized as a leading scholar in adult and higher education who has published 10 books on adult learning, critical thinking and teaching. His most recent books are Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms (co-written with Stephen Preskill), which was an Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice, and The Power of Critical Theory: Liberating Adult Learning and Teaching. He has won the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Adult Education Literature more than any other author, and has been awarded two honorary doctoral degrees for his contributions to adult learning and teaching. He has also been a professor of higher and adult education at Columbia University and a visiting professor of education at Harvard University.
Candace Chou, Ph.D., assistant professor, and Michael Mendez, learning technology specialist, received the Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant, which allowed the school to partner with Minnesota Association of Charter Schools (MACS) and vivED to offer a learning technologies certificate free to K-12 educators from the Twin Cities and Duluth.
John Conbere, Ed.D., department chair, received a grant to assess the implementation of the new conflict management system of the Transportation Safety Administration at selected airports around the nation. Organization development doctoral students had the opportunity to participate in the research by gathering information at airports around the nation.
John Conbere, Ed.D., department chair, Sharon Gibson, Ph.D, assistant professor, and Alla Heorhiadi, adjunct faculty and doctoral candidate received a contract from Univerisity of St. Thomas' College of Business to assess the outcomes of the Physicians Leadership College. The study reviewed the content and skills learned, and how these affected physicians, their peers and their families following the conclusion of the program. The contract was for $48,000. Conbere was the principal invesigator.
Tom Fish, Ed.D., associate professor, has been inducted into the National Community Education Association Hall of Fame.
Sharon Gibson, Ph.D., assistant professor, has received with Wendy Ruona, University of Georgia, the "Defining the Cutting edge Paper-Top 10 Papers," award from the Academy of Human Resource Development.
Sally Hunter, Ph.D., associate professor, has received the Kellogg Fellowship from the Kellogg Foundation.
Bruce Kramer, Ph.D., associate dean for accreditation, assessment and continuous improvement, has been appointed by the governor to serve on the state of Minnesota Board of School Administrators.
Kristine Melloy, Ph.D., professor, has received the Frank Wood Award from the Minnesota Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders.
Margaret Reif, Ed.D., associate professor and director of the Murray Institute, has received the John F. Meyers Merit Award from the National Catholic Education Association.
Trudi Taylor, Ed.D., professor, spearheaded the London Education Semester, a study abroad
program for teacher candidates.
Barbara Wolfe, Ph.D., associate professor, has been appointed by the governor to serve on the Minnesota State Interagency Coordinating Council.
Karen Westberg, Ph.D., department chair and internationally recognized gifted education scholar, has been invited to speak about gifted education across the nation.
New Books Published
Joan Cady Brownstein, Ed.D., associate professor, with Linda Schaak Distad published Talking Teaching: Implementing Reflective Practice in Groups in 2004.
Sarah J. Noonan, Ed.D., associate professor, published The Elements of Leadership: What You Should Know in 2003.
Eleni Roulis, Ph.D., associate professor, published a four volume series titled Transforming Learning for the Workplace of the New Millennium: Students and Workers as Critical Learners in 2004.
Doug Warring, Ph.D., department chair, published Understanding and Applying Human Relations and Multicultural Education (5th ed.) in 2003.
