Spotlight on Ed.D. Students
A New Cohort of EdD Students
The Doctorate in Educational Leadership program, which admits a new group of students each summer, has begun its tenth cohort with 20 enthusiastic and excited individuals. Reflecting the demographics in education, the cohort has 15 women and 5 men. The largest percentage of students (50%) work in K-12 schools, but the program is attracting an increasing number of administrators from higher education and other educational settings. The students work in quite varied institutional settings in diverse roles. For example, among the students is a school superintendent, several school principals, a librarian, an Associate Director of Academic Affairs, a dance instructor, a Client Manager at Educational Testing Service, an Admissions Director, and a Specialist at NASA Ames Research Center. The faculty are very excited to have attracted such an accomplished group of doctoral students.
Recent Accomplishments by our Ed.D. Students
During the past several months, our students and faculty have been busy in a variety of ways. To learn more about their accomplishments, please read on and look for our next Spotlight which will showcase the students and faculty who will be making presentations at the American Education Research Association:
Students:
• Mark Curtis from Cohort 6 recently published his first book, "Age of Obama: A Reporter's Journey with Clinton, McCain and Obama in the Making of the President 2008," (Nimble Books, LLC). It is his firsthand account of campaign 2008, as he traveled with the candidates across over thirty states, from the beginning of the campaign in Iowa in January 2008 to Inauguration Day in January 2009. A recent book signing at "Book Passage" bookstore in San Francisco was videotaped for later broadcast on C-SPAN's "Book TV" program. For more information check: www.MarkCurtisMedia.com.
• Rev. Dr. Charles Tinsley, chaplain to the county's juvenile detention facilities and a current student in our EdD program, is one of the interviewees in an article published by the Presbyterian Church. It can be accessed at www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2009/09068.htm.
• Janith Norman from Cohort 6 was recently elected to the City Council in Rio Vista. Congratulations to Janith on her accomplishment.
• Victoria Howard, the state coordinator for AFLAC Insurance and a member of Cohort 7 was recently selected as the number one State Training Coordinator for the country in all measurable categories. This is an outstanding accomplishment for Victoria!!
• Jenny Maguire, the Orinda Union School District Mathematics Coordinator and member of Cohort 7 was selected to be a Grade Level Reviewer for Houghton Mifflin textbook publishers. She is one of nine individuals selected for this role and her name is published in all K-6 editions sold to school districts in the state of California.
• Tekakwitha M. Pernambuco-Wise, the Middle School Head at Saint Andrew's Episcopal School and a member of Cohort 7 made a presentation entitled Re-framing School Change at the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) Annual Conference on March 9, 2009.
Faculty:
• Dr. Dean Elias participated in a panel at the International Leadership Association conference in Los Angeles during November, 2008. He and other panelists conducted a session Pathways to Global Leadership: Educating Leaders in an Interdependent World. He also facilitated a seminar exploring a case study presented by Yongming Tang, entitled Global Leadership: Transforming a European Corporation into a Global Synergic Organization in China.
• Dr. Kathleen Taylor has three new publications:
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“Teaching with the Brain in Mind,” coauthor with Annalee Lamoreaux. In: S. Merriam, (Ed.), Third Update on Adult Learning Theory, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education No. 119, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Fall, 2008
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“Brain Function and the Mentor’s Role,” All About Mentoring, 33, Winter, 2008.
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“Effective approaches to fostering developmental growth in women learners: A view from neurophysiology,” coauthor with Catherine Marienau. In J. Allen (Ed.), Most Women are Students: Implications for College Faculty and Policymakers. Stirling, VA: Stylus, 2008.
• Dr. Rebecca Proehl was featured on Saint Mary’s Living Lasallian website. The feature highlights her work of raising funds to help children in Anapra, MX remain in school and her soon-to-be published article on Transferring Social Justice Initiatives in Lasallian Schools. It can be accessed at http://stmarys-ca.edu/lasallian-approach/.
