Appointed

Alexander Ardichvili, associate professor, work and human resource education; international and cross-cultural human resource development, knowledge management, entrepreneurship; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Stephanie Carlson, associate professor, child development; cognitive development, executive function, theory of mind, symbolism/pretend play, culture; Ph.D., University of Oregon

Shonda Craft, assistant professor, family social science; sexuality and public health, intimate partner violence, marriage and family therapy, cultural identity; Ph.D., the Ohio State University

Joan DeJaeghere, assistant professor, educational policy and administration; comparative and international development education; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Peter Demerath, associate professor, educational policy and administration; social and cultural foundations, educational policy and research; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Yvonne Gentzler, associate professor, curriculum and instruction; family and consumer science history, professional development, methods and strategies for instruction, gender issues; Ph.D., the Pennsylvania State University

Abigail Gewirtz, assistant professor, family social science; trauma, resilience, parenting, child development; Ph.D., Columbia University

Asha Jitendra, professor, educational psychology; schema-based instruction, access to education, at-risk learners; Ph.D., University of Oregon

Julie Kalnin, coordinator and lecturer, educational policy and administration; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Melissa Koenig, assistant professor, child development; language acquisition, cognitive development, pragmatics and social cognition, word learning; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Beth Lewis, assistant professor, kinesiology; mediators of physical activity change; using technology to increase physical activity; Ph.D., University of North Dakota

J.B. Mayo, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction; teacher education, GLBT studies, multicultural education, global education, teaching of history, social justice; Ph.D., University of South Florida

Becky Ropers-Huilman, professor, educational policy and administration; higher education, women’s studies; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Colleen Tracey-Fisher, assistant professor, social work; adolescent health and behavioral risk factors, HIV prevention, adolescent identity development, GLBT issues; Ph.D., Washington University

Susan Walker, associate professor, curriculum and instruction; parent education; parenting and early education; use of technology in teaching and learning; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Maureen (Mo) Weiss, professor, kinesiology; psychological and social development of children and adolescents through participation in sport and physical activity; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Philip Zelazo, professor, child development; cognitive development, developmental cognitive neuroscience; Ph.D., Yale University

Honored

Sandy Christenson, Birkmaier Professor of Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational Psychology, received the American Psychological Association Division 16 (School Psychology) Senior Scientist Award, the highest honor that the division awards. She was also named a fellow of Division 16.

Professor Dante Cicchetti (child development) received the 2007 Outstanding Research Study Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.

Postsecondary Teaching and Learning professor Irene Duranczyk received the National Association for Developmental Education Award for Outstanding Research Conducted by a Developmental Education Practitioner.

Michele Fallon, clinical director of the Baby’s Space Partnership project, received the Advocate of the Year Award from the Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention, and Parenting.

Harvey Feldman, teaching specialist in the School of Kinesiology, has been elected to the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration.

Elizabeth Lightfoot, associate professor of social work, received a Fulbright Faculty Scholar Award for 2007–08. Lightfoot will spend the next year teaching at the University of Namibia’s Department of Social Work and Community Development in Windhoek.

Karen Miksch, assistant professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, published a chapter in Charting the Future of College Affirmative Action: Legal Victories, Continuing Attacks, and New Research (Civil Rights Project, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007).

The Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning was selected for the 2006–07 Outstanding Unit Award for Professional and Academic employees.

Senior Associate Dean Jean Quam was elected to a transition team that will address issues with implementing the 12 imperatives set down by the Social Work Congress of 2005.

Professor emeritus Thomas Slettehaugh (curriculum and instruction) received the Archimedes Award from the International Biographical Centre in the United Kingdom for his life science research on the creative intellect.

Finding Our Voice, a documentary by Jerry Smith for the Institute on Community Integration, received a Gold Award from the University Communicators Forum and a Bronze Statue from the 2007 Telly Awards, which honor local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs and video and film productions.

The Gerotological Society of America awarded fellow status—its highest class of membership—to professor Marlene Stum (family social science).

Transitions

William Bradshaw, associate professor of social work, has joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville.

Katy Gray Brown, assistant professor of social work, has joined the faculty at Manchester College.

Simon Hooper, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, has joined the faculty at the Pennsylvania State University.

Joan Hughes, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, has joined the faculty at University of Texas at Austin.

Dana Lundell, director of the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, has joined the faculty at Argosy University, Twin Cities.

Scott McLeod, assistant professor of educational policy and administration, has joined the faculty at Iowa State University.

Randy Moore, biology professor of postsecondary teaching and learning, has transferred to the College of Biological Sciences.

Tom Reynolds, associate professor of postsecondary teaching and learning, has transferred to the new Writing Studies department within the College of Liberal Arts.

Liang Zhang, assistant professor of educational policy and administration, has joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University.

In memoriam

Wayne Caron, assistant professor, senior lecturer, family social science; died August 21 at age 51.

Caron earned his doctorate in family social science in 1991 from the University of Minnesota, where he also earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He was an active therapist, researcher, and author, holding positions at the V.A. Medical Center Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and in the University’s Medical School, School of Public Health, and College of Nursing. Caron was founder and director of the Family Caregiving Center, an organization dedicated to supporting family-centered care for people with dementia, which was featured in the spring 2007 issue of Connect!

Samuel Popper, professor emeritus, educational policy and administration; died August 28 at age 90.

Popper received his doctorate from New York University in 1952. He then worked with the Minnesota Jewish Council, eventually becoming a high school sociology teacher in St. Paul. In 1958 he began his career in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration. At the same time, Popper led the Minnesota School Facilities Council, a group formed to ensure better school buildings, sites, and facilities. He was a co-founder of Group Health Plan, which eventually became HealthPartners. He retired in 1987.