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Faculty Initiatives

Georgia State University has identified several university-wide initiatives in which the College of Education plays a leading role. The COE is also linked to several key international networks, and many College of Education faculty are involved in international projects of their own.

European Teacher Education Network (ETEN). The GSU COE is one of six US universities that comprise the 47 member ETEN network. This affiliation provides the COE extensive opportunities to increase internationalization efforts through the development of student and faculty exchanges.

The following is the list of the GSU COE faculty initiatives in international activities.

Early Childhood Education

  • John E. Kesner - Ethiopia, China, and European Teacher Education Network
  • Yali Zhao - China
  • Laura Meyers - Mexico

Middle - Secondary Education and Instructional Technology

  • Pier Junor-Clarke - The Caribbean

     A publication "Beckoning E-Learners Through Exploratin of Computer Technology" in Bridging the Knowledge divide: Educational Technology for Development (2009), Jamaica

    Was invited to conduct a workshop, Reflective Secondary School Mathematics Teaching, -Enhancing Teacher Quality at the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus, Guyana, South America (May 23, 2009)

  • Charles Wang - China
  • Wanjira Kinuthia - South Africa
  • Steve Harmon - Jordan and the Ivory Coast Project
  • Gertrude Tinker-Sachs - China
  • Iman Chahine - Morocco
  • Kadir Demir - Turkey

Kinesiology and Health

  • Walt Thompson - International Paralympics

Counseling and Psychological Services

  • Greg Brack - South Africa  

Project for the Empowerment of South African Counselors: 1996-present

  • Jeff Ashby - South Africa 
    Two workshops - Understanding Multidimensional Perfectionism 
                                 -  Using Experiential Techniques in Counseling at Turkish Counseling Conference
                                 -  TED College, Ankara Turkey, May 2008.

     Planning research project investigating Problem and Health behaviors of South African adolescents with colleagues in the   Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, onsite collaboration with colleagues, February 2008.

  • Kris Varjas - Sri Lanka, India and Finland 
  • Catherine Cadenhead - Mexico

Educational Psychology and Special Education

  • David Houchins - Egypt
  • Dennis Thompson - Turkey

Educational Policy Studies

  • Philo Hutcheson - West Indies 
  • Ronda Tighe - The Principals' Center