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Faculty
and Staff
College Student Affairs
Counselor Education
Educational Psychology
School Psychology
Social Foundations
College
Student Affairs
- Wilma
J. Henry (Ed.D., 1980, East Texas State University (now Texas A&M), Associate Professor & Coordinator, College Student Affairs M.Ed. program. Research: Student affairs leadership, Psychosocial issues of Black women in higher education, Organizational culture & group dynamics in higher education.
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Thomas E. Miller (Ed.D., 1979, Indiana University), Associate Professor (College Student Affairs). Research: prediction and prevention models related to college student persistence, student expectations of college, general student affairs administration, special college student populations, and legal issues in college student affairs.
Counselor
Education
- Herbert
A. Exum (Ph.D., 1978, University of Minnesota
), Professor (Counselor Education Program), and Department Chair.
Research: Multicultural counseling, psychotherapy,
and cognitive development; counselor education and supervision;
community mental health; veterans’ affairs; psychological
trauma; collaborative research partnerships and diffusion
of research into practice.
- Jennifer
Baggerly (Ph.D., 1999, University of North Texas),
Associate Professor (Counselor Education), Licensed Mental
Health Counselor-Supervisor, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor,
and Field Traumatologist. Research: play
therapy effectiveness with children who are homeless or at
risk and filial therapy effectiveness with their families;
trauma intervention training effectiveness; school counselors'
characteristics, duties, and effectiveness; counseling diversity
issues including people who are homeless and African Americans;
counselor education procedures including role-playing and
service learning.
- Michelle Mitcham (Ph.D., 2005, University of Central Florida), Assistant Professor (Counselor Education). Research: school counselor self-efficacy, school counselor role, effects of divorce on children, multiculturalism/diversity, advocacy, social justice, counseling and family law, family mediation and parenting coordination.
- Debra
S. Osborn (Ph.D., 1998, Florida State University),
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator (Counselor Education). Research:
career development in youth and young adults; career development
issues with high risk youth; use of technology in training;
increasing competency and confidence in counseling students;
and career satisfaction of counselors.
- Marian Sue Street (Ph.D., 1980, University of
Florida), Associate Professor (Counselor Education).
Research: Self perception and self
esteem; strategies for development of resilience in at-risk
adolescents; interventions for Hispanic Girls and other at-risk
adolescents; relationship of gender roles to self perceptions.
- Carlos
P. Zalaquett (Ph.D., 1993, University of Texas
at Austin), Associate Professor (Counselor Education Program)
and Coordinator of Clinical/Mental Health Counseling. Research:
Psychotherapy and counseling techniques; multicultural counseling;
characteristics of successful Latino students; mental health;
counselor education; and the skills and abilities to succeed
in the 21st century.
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Educational
Psychology
- Darlene DeMarie (Ph.D., 1988, University of Florida), Associate Professor (Educational Psychology) and Program Coordinator. Research: memory development, children’s strategies for learning and the utilization deficiency period in strategy development; the relation between knowledge and memory; children’s photography as a way to show others an experience; early childhood curriculum; teacher education partnerships to enhance students’ learning.
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Sarah Kiefer (Ph.D., 2007, University of Illinois), Assistant Professor (Educational Psychology). Research: Young adolescents’ motivation, how it develops over time, and how it relates to social and academic adjustment in elementary and middle school; the role of peers and classroom contextual factors in shaping social goals and beliefs; help-seeking beliefs and behaviors in the classroom; gender and ethnic differences in young adolescents’ development and adjustment in diverse, urban schools.
- Lisa
Lopez (Ph.D., 2001, University of Miami; NSF
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2004, Harvard University) Assistant
Professor (Educational Psychology). Research:
development of bilingual language and literacy skills
in English language learners; phonological
awareness and the cross language transfer of oral language
and pre-literacy skills; parent involvement in young children's
education; home, family, and cultural factors influencing
Latino children's academic achievement; the role of home and
classroom experiences on academic achievement in Head Start.
- Kofi
Marfo (Ph.D., 1985, University of Alberta), Professor
(Educational Psychology). Research: early childhood development and school readiness; atypical
development and early intervention; parent-child interaction
and child development; children’s cognition; socio-emotional
development; evaluation of educational interventions; cross-national
studies of social policy on early childhood development; childhood
disability in developing countries. Community of Science Profile
- Tony
X. Tan (Ed.D., 2004, Harvard University), Assistant
Professor (Educational Psychology). Research: adoption, specifically Chinese children's post-adoption
social/emotional adjustment and language development, school-aged
Chinese adoptees' social
competence, the relationship between adopted Chinese children's
pre-adoption experiences and later adjustment; Chinese adoptees'
ethnic identity development; adoptive mothers concerns
about their adopted daughters; the relationship between adopted
children's initial rejecting behaviors (first two weeks of
adoption) towards the adoptive mothers and their long-term
adjustment; childhood trauma, risk and resilience among both
adopted and non-adopted children.
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School
Psychology
- Kathy L. Bradley-Klug (Ph.D., 1997, Lehigh University), Associate Professor (School Psychology Program) and Program Coordinator. Research: assessment and intervention strategies for children and adolescents with pediatric health issues, development of a collaborative model for improving the communication between educational personnel and health care professionals, and the application of Curriculum-Based Assessment in reading to improve academic success.
- George M. Batsche (Ed.D., 1978, Ball State University), Professor (School Psychology Program). Research: school violence, bullying, school-based discipline programs; mental health service delivery systems in schools; problem-solving and intervention-based service delivery models; professional practices in school psychology; effectiveness of social-skills training programs in home and school settings; effectiveness of school-based programs for students with health-related disorders.
- Michael
J. Curtis (Ph.D., 1974, University of Texas at
Austin) Emeritus Professor (School Psychology Program). Research:
consultation, collaborative planning and problem solving,
organizational/systems change, school-based educational and
mental health services delivery systems, professional issues
in school psychology.
- Rance Harbor (Ph.D., 2000, University of South Florida at Tampa) Visiting Assistant In (School Psychology).
- Harold
R. Keller (Ph.D., 1968, Florida State University),
Professor (School Psychology Program) and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Research: home-school collaboration and caregiver involvement; multiple
assessment/intervention approaches, ecological variables,
and risk and protective factors for academic and social/emotional
problems; continuous progress monitoring in relation to team
functioning, teacher decision making, and intervention effectiveness;
collaborative research partnerships and diffusion of research
into practice.
- Julia Ogg (Ph.D., 2008, Michigan State University), Assistant Professor (School Psychology). Research: school-based assessment and intervention for children with ADHD and those exhibiting externalizing behaviors; evidence-based parent interventions for externalizing behavior; academic achievement in children exhibiting externalizing behavior; early intervention and prevention for at-risk young children.
- Linda
M. Raffaele-Mendez (Ph.D., 1993, The University
of Texas at Austin), Associate Professor (School Psychology).
Research: home-school-community collaboration
(in particular with families whose children have special needs);
gender equity in schools; alternatives to suspension and expulsion;
preparing parents to assume advocacy roles in child-serving
systems; factors related to resiliency among children at risk
for school failure.
- Shannon
Suldo (Ph.D., 2004, University of South Carolina),
Associate Professor (School Psychology). Research: Developmental course of life satisfaction during
youth; positive indicators of children’s psychological
well-being and strength-based assessment and treatment; effects
of parenting behaviors on adolescent mental health; provision
of school-based mental health services, including evidence-based
ecological interventions for students with emotional and behavior
disorders.
Social
Foundations
- Erwin
V. Johanningmeier (Ph.D., University of Illinois,
1967), Professor (Social Foundations of Education); Coordinator
of Social Foundations Program; Coordinator of Interdisciplinary
Track in the College of Education’s Ph.D. in Curriculum
and Instruction; Coordinator of Diversity Certificate. Research:
Educational Research, the National Agenda, and Educational Reform-A History by Erwin V. Johanningmeier and Theresa Richardson. Equality of Educational Opprotunity and Knowledgeable Human Capital: From the Cold War and Sputnik to The Global Economy and No Child left Behind by Erwin V. Johanningmeier. Have co-edited books on educational
issues from an international perspective with colleagues from
Poland, Russia, Belgium and Portugal.
- Paula Cate (M.A., Union College,1980), Instructor; Multi-state professional certification and teaching experience. Teacher Educator with leadership experience. Research: Instructional Communication and the development of Teacher Talent.
- Deirdre
Cobb-Roberts (Ph.D., 1998, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign), Associate Professor (Social Foundations
of Education). Research: history of
American higher education; women's educational history; post
World War II student-community partnerships; and teacher education
and resistance to diversity.
- Sherman
Dorn (Ph.D., 1992, University of Pennsylvania), Professor (Social Foundations). Research: historical and social-science perspectives on high-stakes
accountability; Florida education policy; 20th-century history
of special education; history of dropping out as demographic
phenomenon and concern; educational historiography;
academic freedom and the war on terror.
- M.Jerome Leavy, (Ph.D.,1989, USF), Instructor and Field Experience Coordinator (Social Foundations of Education).
- Barbara
J. Shircliffe (Ph.D., 1997, State University
of New York at Buffalo), Associate Professor (Social Foundations
of Education). Research: history of education;
school policy; school desegregation; school community relations;
and affects of class, race, gender in structuring policy and
outcomes.
Staff Members
- Jean Cole-Spencer, Office Manager, 974-8354
- Priscilla Hale, Academic Program Specialist, CSA, 974-9471
- Karen Simms, Academic Program Specialist, School Psychology, 974-4614
- Sandy Turner, Academic Program Specialist, Counselor Education, 974-3515
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