Faculty News and Publications
Our faculty at the College of William and Mary School of Education are committed to providing a world-class education for EPPL students through the investigation of quality research, interactive coursework, and practical experience. They bring a wealth of diverse experience to the classroom environment and continue to provide valuable scholarship in their field. We are proud to report that the Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized our faculty as seventh in the nation in terms of scholarly productivity.
The EPPL area of the School of Education and William and Mary were well represented at the 2008 National Evaluation Institute Conference on Assessment, Evaluation, & Professional Learning Communities [pdf] held October 8-11 in Wilimington, NC. James Stronge was a keynote speaker. Christopher Gareis, Leslie Grant, Patricia Popp, Jan Rozelle, Patricia Moore Shaffer, James Stronge, and Brenda Williams presented sessions. Christopher Gareis is the president of CREATE, the organization that sponsored thte conference.
Some of our faculty's most recent endeavors are listed below.
Dr. Michael DiPaola
Dr. DiPaola co-edited Improving Schools: Studies in Leadership and Culture (2008) with W. K. Hoy. This volume is fifth in a series dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Professor DiPaola collaborated with Dr. Kathleen Smith, an EPPL program graduate, in contributing a chapter to this volume entitled Measuring District Climate.
His new book entitled the Superintendent Role in Improving Instruction: Helping Principals was published in October, 2008. DiPaola recently conducted a workshop with the Suburban Philadelphia Superintendents’ Study Group and another with the Lehigh University School Study Council surrounding this topic. DiPaola and Neves co-authored, Measuring organizational citizenship behavior across cultures: A construct comparison between American and Portuguese secondary teachers for the Journal of Educational Administration. This article is currently in press.
Dr. DiPaola collaborated with Dr. Stephanie Guy, an EPPL program graduate, and with Misty Kirby, an EPPL doctoral candidate, in two writing projects. Both papers will be presented at the annual UCEA conference in Orlando in late October and are under review for publication.
Dr. Pamela Eddy
Dr. Eddy received The Fulbright Scholar Award to conduct research on higher education policy in Ireland. She recently coauthored two articles. One, Lights, camera, action! The role of movies and video in classroom learning is in the Journal of Faculty Development. The other, entitled In the middle: A gendered view of career pathways of mid-level community college leaders is in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice. This latter article appeared in a special theme issue which Eddy edited. The focus of the special edition was on gender issues and was titled A feminist perspective of women at the community college. Additionally, Eddy has two presentations at the upcoming Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida. The first is a roundtable presentation with two colleagues on Partnership capital: A model for theory and practice. The second is a co-authored research paper titled Rural community college leadership development and the AACC competencies.
Dot Finnegan
Dot Finnegan was asked to serve on the advisory board of the new journal for public comprehensive universities called Teacher-Scholar. She participated in the dedication of a plaque commemorating the St. Joseph YMCA Law School this summer in St. Joseph, MO and had the opportunity to interview two 1938 graduates of the law school.
John D. Foubert
John Foubert received tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor at the College of William & Mary. He received a faculty summer research grant during summer 2008 to analyze qualitative data on the long-term impact of a sexual assault prevention program for college men. Dr. Foubert was appointed to the editorial board of NASPA Journal, class of 2008-2011. Foubert co-authored a chapter with J. Tabachnick, & P.A. Schewe, which is in press: Bystander interventions for sexual violence prevention. In K. Kaufman (Ed.), Preventing sexual violence and exploitation: A sourcebook. New York: Wood & Barnes Publishers. Additionally, Foubert has an article in press written with several EPPL students: Fisler, J., Agati, H., Chance, S., Donahue, G., Eickhoff, E., Gastler, S., Hack, A., Lowder, J., & Foubert, J.D. (in press). Keeping (or losing) the faith: Reflections on spiritual struggles and resolution by college seniors. College Student Affairs Journal. Foubert also presented two papers at the Safe Society Zone Conference in October, 2008: Just guys having harmless fun with empowered, liberated women and other delusions: Countering hollow lies and distortions with research on the effects of pornography and The two year longitudinal effects of The Men's Program on first year men: A comprehensive look at attitude and behavior changes. He also presented programming for sexual violence prevention on college campuses and a summit on Violence and abuse in relationships: Connecting agendas and forging new directions at the American Psychological Association in February, 2008.
Dr. Christopher R. Gareis,'96
Dr. Christopher Gareisrecently completed a one-year term as President of the the Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE) and currently serves as Past-President of CREATE. Dr. Gareis has published the following articles on mentoring and teacher-made assessment practices:
Gareis, C. R., & Nussbaum-Beach, S. (2007). Electronically networking to develop accomplished professional teachers. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education 20, 227-246.
Gareis, C. R. (2007). Reclaiming an important teacher competency: The lost art of formative assessment. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education 20, 17-20.
Holler, E. W., Gareis, C. R., Martin, J., Clouser, A., & Miller, S. (2008, September) Teacher-made assessments: Getting them right. Principal Leadership.
In addition, Gareis recently presented, Applying the joint committee standards for student evaluation in the classroom, at the National Evaluation Institute (NEI) of the Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE), Wilmington, NC. with a team of teachers and their principal from Grafton Middle School in York County.
David and Jan Leslie
David Leslie enjoyed his first summer as "emeritus." They spent June in Iceland on two different walking tours. And they took a trans-Atlantic cruise in August, stopping in England, France, Ireland, and Newfoundland. Also in August, David served as an information volunteer with the Appalachian Mountain Club in New Hampshire. He helped people plan hikes, equip themselves, and identify local weather and terrain issues. On a swing to the West Coast, David climbed about 3000 feet to the summit Mt. Washington with his son, and gave an invited talk to the American Accounting Association's annual meeting in Anaheim. Both David and Jan enjoyed attending the Iowa State Fair with their grandchildren and other family.
Dr. James Patton
Dr. James Patton was appointed to the National Advisory Board for the Restructuring of Special Education (Project RISE) at the Univerisity of Texas, Austin. This is a four year appointment. Patton was selected in 2008 for the Academic Key's Who's Who in Education and Higher Education. He was also recently selected to serve as a: Consulting Editor for the Journal of Disability Policy Studies, Member of the Editorial Board of the Multicultural Learning and Teaching Journal, and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Louisiana State Improvement Grant, Baton Rouge, LA. Additionally, Patton has been appointed as a Member of the Professional Advisory Council of the National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities, Columbus, OH.
Dr. James Stronge
Dr. James Stronge presented on qualities of effective teachers at 1) the 2008 Ohio Administrators of State and Federal Programs Spring Conference 2) the ASCD Annual Conference in New Orleans in March with Leslie Grant, 3) Quinnipiac University in Nicaragua, 4) the ASCD Summer Conference on Differentiated Instruction; and 5) t the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators. He also presented a paper on teacher quality with Catherine Little and Leslie Grant at the 10th Annual Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness held in Singapore in July. In October, Stronge was the keynote speaker at the Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE) in Wilmington, North Carolina. He, Leslie Grant and Patricia Popp also presented on effective teaching of at-risk highly mobile students at the CREATE conference.
Recent publications include an ASCD book entitled, Qualities of Effective Principals, published in November, 2008. Additionally, Stronge and Leslie Grant recently co-authored Using Student Achievement Data to Improve Teaching and Learning to be published by Eye On Education in January. Stronge, Thomas Ward, Pamela Tucker, and Jennifer Hindman co-authored, “What is the relationship between teacher quality and student achievement,” in the Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education. Stronge, Thomas Ward, Pamela Tucker, Jennifer Hindman, Wendy McColsky, and Barbara Howard co-authored, “National Board Certified Teachers and non-national board certified teachers: Is there a difference in teacher effectiveness and student achievement?” in the Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education.
Dr. Megan Tschannen-Moran
Dr. Megan Tschannen-Moran has served as the guest editor of a special issue of Education Administration Quarterly devoted to research on trust in schools. The five articles in this issue break new ground, linking faculty and principal trust to the threat-rigidity in both schools and districts under threat of sanctions under NCLB, to the level of professionalism of principal leadership and teacher behavior, to principals attempts to build capacity within high schools, to student achievement in math and reading, and to the success of at-risk students in a program designed to prepare them for college. Also in press is a qualitative study that serves as a follow-up to a quantitative study linking the quality of school facilities and school climate. Dr. Tschannen-Moran presented a paper with her husband Bob on their work using Appreciative Inquiry to improve school climate at the Athens Institute on Education and Research in Athens, Greece in May.
Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska received the Senior Scholar Research Award from Mensa this summer for her published work over the past two years. This is the fourth time she has received the award for her work over the past 20 years.
Joyce also has had a paper on teacher use of differentiated strategies published in the fall issue of Gifted Child Quarterly along with her collaborators at the Center including faculty, staff, and graduate students. Results of a six year followup study on the use of alternative assessment measures to identify low income and minority students for gifted programs was also published in Journal for the Education of the Gifted.
Dr. VanTassel-Baska was a keynote speaker at the Asia-Pacific Conference in Gifted Education held in Singapore in July. Her topic was on the 20 years of research and development work in gifted curriculum done at the College of William and Mary. She also served on an expert panel on curriculum models and systems at The University of Connecticut and keynoted a College Board regional conference in San Antonio on working with promising children from poverty this summer.
Joyce will also deliver keynote addresses to the Ohio Association for the Gifted and the New York Association for the Gifted in October on nonnegotiables in gifted programming.
