August 31, 2021
Dr. Laura Reid Marks, assistant professor of counseling psychology and school psychology, received a McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship promotes excellence in teaching and research by underrepresented minorities and women and allows fellows to receive a one-year sabbatical to engage in research and training projects related to securing tenure and promotion. Marks' research focuses on minority stressors (e.g., overt racism, racial microaggressions) and their deleterious effects on the lives of people of color. Her long-term goal is to develop culturally tailored interventions to reduce health disparities that exist for people of color.
August 23, 2021
Dr. Erik Hines, associate professor of school counseling, along with Renae D. Mayes (University of Arizona), Mia Hines (advisor for BS/MS teacher education programs at FSU) and others, published an article entitled, “'You Are Going to School': Exploring the Precollege Experiences of First-Year Black Males in Higher Education" in the journal Professional School Counseling.
August 23, 2021
Dr. Megan Buning, teaching faculty I in the Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching (FSU COACH), co-wrote a book chapter titled "Survey and Question Construction" with a former doctoral student in the book, "Basic Elements of Survey Research in Education: Addressing the Problems Your Advisor Never Told You About."
She was also a guest on the Dynamic Leaders podcast, where she spoke about mental performance strategies that can be used to help with performance.
August 20, 2021
Dr. Amal Ibourk, assistant professor of elementary science education, co-authored an article titled, "The role of collective sensemaking and science curriculum development within a research–practice partnership" in the journal Science Education. The study examines how researchers can better understand the instructional and practical realities of teachers through collective sensemaking.
August 20, 2021
Dr. Nicole Patton Terry, Olive and Manuel Bordas Professor of Education and director of the Florida Center for Reading Research, published an article in The Reading Teacher entitled, "Delivering on the Promise of the Science of Reading for All Children." The article discusses how reconciling the science of reading with the lived experiences of children who are vulnerable to poor academic achievement may be the key to ensure that every child can read and succeed in school.
August 16, 2021
Dr. Sonia Cabell, associate professor of reading education/language arts in the School of Teacher Education and the Florida Center for Reading Research, was featured on the podcast Don't Tell Me How To Parent. In the episode titled, "Why is reading so important for children?" she explains the importance of reading and shares tips for how we can help children succeed in literacy.
She also gave a presentation on early literacy in a webinar hosted by the American Reading Company.
August 16, 2021
Dr. Vanessa Dennen, professor of instructional systems and learning technologies, along with Daeun Jung (ISLT Ph.D. student) and UROP students Casey Cargill and Amber Hedquist, received the outstanding paper award at the International Conference on Web Based Communities and Social Media. Their paper was titled, "Parents, social media, and online support: A systematic review of the literature."
Dennen and a team of ISLT students [Lauren Bagdy, Ömer Arslan, Hajeen Choi, and Zhichun Liu (Ph.D. '20)] also published an article in the Journal of Research on Technology in Education titled, "Supporting new online instructors and engaging remote learners during COVID-19: A distributed team teaching approach." This publication is based on emergency remote teaching in spring 2020 due to COVID-19.
August 12, 2021
Dr. Stacey Rutledge, associate professor of educational leadership and policy, along with Dr. Marisa Cannata, Dr. Stephanie Brown (International and Multicultural Education Ph.D. '17), and Daniel Traeger, published a book entitled, "Steps to Schoolwide Success." The book is based on a multiyear research project in Broward County Schools that focuses on the relationship between social-emotional learning and academics in terms of student success.
August 12, 2021
Dr. Bob Eklund, Mode L. Stone Distinguished Professor of sport psychology and associate dean for faculty development and advancement, was recently featured on an episode of the podcast The Growth Project. In the episode, he discusses the concept of burnout with sport psychology alumnus Cory Shaffer (Ph.D. '14) and gives tips for how to prevent it. You can listen to the episode here.
August 5, 2021
Dr. Tim Baghurst, professor of education and director of the FSU Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching (FSU COACH), contributed to an article that appeared on WUSA9, a CBS affiliate based in Washington, D.C. The article takes a look at the way that American Olympic athletes are compensated; while most athletes do not earn a salary, they receive compensation based on the medals they earn and the place they finish (bronze, silver, or gold).
He also co-authored a study titled, “A hot mess: basketball coaches’ perceptions of ability versus actual performances of their athletes” which investigates differences between coaches' perceptions of player ability against actual performances as well as whether or not these perceptions differed as a head or assistant coach.
