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Dr. Roger Weed, professor of counseling and psychological services, recently had the following book published:  Life Care Planning and Case Management Handbook (third edition). The co-author is Dr.  Debra Berens, a graduate of the COE’s counselor education and practice Ph.D. program and a part-time instructor in the rehabilitation counseling program.

Dr. Michelle Zoss, assistant professor of middle-secondary education and instructional technology, and Dr. Teri Holbrook, assistant professor of early childhood education, had the following published: 

  • Holbrook, T. & Zoss, M. (2009). Why can’t we write AND draw: Thinking visually and verbally in the academy and beyond.  Gallery of NCTE, National Gallery of Writing. National Council of Teachers of English. Retrievable at http://galleryofwriting.org/writing/283656.

Drs. Kristine Jolivette, associate professor of educational psychology and special education, and Elizabeth A. Steed, assistant professor of educational psychology and special education, had the following article published:
· Jolivette, K., McCormick, K., McLaren, E., & Steed, E.A. (2009). “Opportunities for young children to make choices in a model interdisciplinary and inclusive preschool program.” Infants and Young Children, 22(4), 279-289.

Dr. Nanette Commander, professor of educational psychology and special education, had the following published:
· Commander, N.E., & Ward, T. (2009). “Assessment matters: The strength of mixed research methods for the assessment of learning communities.” About Campus, 14(3), 25-28.

Drs. Susan Swars, assistant professor of early childhood education; David Stinson, assistant professor of middle-secondary education and instructional technology; and Shonda Lemons-Smith, assistant professor of early childhood education, edited:
· Swars, S. L., Stinson, D. W., & Lemons-Smith, S. (Eds.).  (2009).  Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (1636 pages).  Atlanta, GA:  Georgia State University. 

Dr. Deron Boyles, professor of educational policy studies, had the following published:
· Deron Boyles, “Considering Lorraine Code’s Ecological Thinking and Standpoint Epistemology: A Theory of Knowledge for Agentic Knowing in Schools,” Philosophical Studies in Education 40 (2009): 125-137. 

Dr. Karen Zabrucky, regents professor of educational psychology and special education, and former graduate student Kristen Karably had the following published “Metamemory development:  A review and implications for teachers," accepted for publication in the International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education.

Drs. Susan Swars and Stephanie Smith, assistant professors of early childhood education; Lynn Hart, professor of early childhood education; and doctoral student Regine Haardoerfer had the following published: 
· Smith, M., Swars, S. L., Smith, S. Z., Hart, L. C., & Haardoerfer, R.  (2009). “A comparative longitudinal study of mathematics beliefs and knowledge in a changing elementary education program.”  In S. L. Swars, D. W. Stinson, & S. Lemons-Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 5, 1196-1201.  Atlanta, GA: Georgia State University.

Dr. Karen M. Zabrucky, regents professor of educational psychology and special education, and Stephanie Stolp, former psychology graduate student, had an article accepted for publication in the International Electronic Journal for Elementary Education. The article is entitled "Contributions of Metacognitive and Self-Regulated Learning Theories to Investigations of Calibration of Comprehension."

Dr. Mark Geil had two articles published this month, one of which was an invited paper on clinical application of research in prosthetics and orthotics:

  • Geil, M.D. (2009). “Assessing the state of clinically applicable research for evidence based practice in prosthetics and orthotics.” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 46)3. 305-314.
  • Cobb, S.C., Tis, L.L., Johnson, J.T., Wang, T., Geil, M.D., & McCarty, F. (2009). “The effect of low-mobile foot posture on multi-segmental medial foot model gait kinematics.” Gait and Posture, 30, 334-339.

The following article, by Dr. Brendan Calandra, associate professor of middle-secondary education and instructional technology, appears in the new issue of the Journal of Research on Technology in Education :

  • Calandra, B., Brantley-Dias, L., Lee, J.K., & Fox, D.L. (2009). “Using video editing to cultivate novice teachers’ practice.” Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 42(1), 73-94.

Dr. Beth Cianfrone, assistant professor of kinesiology and health, had the following two book chapters published:

  • Cianfrone, B. A., & Zhang, J. J. (2009). “Sport video game sponsorships and in-game advertising.” In N. K. L. Pope, K.L. Kuhn, & J. Forster (eds.), Digital Sport for Performance Enhancement and Competitive Evolution: Intelligent Gaming Technologies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global Publishing.
  • Cianfrone, B. A., & Carroll, M. (2009). “Ticket scalping: Methods, issues & considerations.” In J. W. Lee, & J. C. Lee (eds.), Sport and criminal behavior. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Dr. Lea Flowers, assistant professor of counseling and psychological services, had the following publications recently published:

  • Flowers, L.R. (2009). “Culture.” In B.Erford (Ed.) Encyclopedia of counseling. Alexandria, VA:ACA.
  • Herlihy, B.R., & Flowers, L.R. (2009). “Group work: Ethical and legal considerations.” In D. Capuzzi (Ed.), Introduction to group work. 5th Edition. Denver, CO: Love Publishing Company.

Dr. Rhina Fernandes Williams, assistant professor of educational psychology and special education, had an article published in the Review of Educational Research in June 2009. The article is entitled “Black-White biracial students in American schools: A review of the literature.” Click here to view the article. http://rer.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/79/2/776.

Drs. Colleen O'Rourke, associate professor of educational psychology and special education, and Ronald Colarusso, former dean of the College of Education and professor emeritus, edited the fifth edition of Special Education for All Teachers, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company (2010). The following people made contributions to this publication:

  • Drs. Laura McNeal and Colleen O'Rourke authored “The legal foundation for special education” (pp. 32-62)
  • Drs. Ronda Tighe and Colleen O'Rourke authored “Teaching every student: A mandate for today” (pp. 1-29)
  • Drs. Kathy Heller and Colleen O'Rourke authored “Students with sensory, communication, physical, and health impairments” (pp. 215-270)

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has offered a book contract to Dr. Peggy Albers (lead author), associate professor of middle-secondary education and instructional technology, and Jennifer Sanders (co-author) to publish their edited book, The Arts, Multimodality, and New Literacies: Perspectives in Research and Practice from the Commission On Arts and Literacies.

Dr. Karen M. Zabrucky, regents professor of educational psychology and special education, has received a contract to write "Survivors' Guide to HER 2 Breast Cancer," which will focus, in part, on the unique characteristics of HER 2 cancer, state of the art diagnostic assessments of HER 2 status, current standard of care for the disease, innovative trials currently being conducted and the psychological (cognitive, social/emotional) and physical factors affecting patients' well-being during and after treatment.