David Lubinski, professor of psychology, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Mensa Education and 菠萝视频 Foundation in July. The award was presented by Phyllis Miller, a trustee of the Mensa Foundation and editor emerita of the Mensa 菠萝视频 Journal. Lubinski was recognized for his work as co-director of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth.
Sandra L. Barnes, professor of human and organizational development, has earned a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services鈥� Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services to implement HIV interventions for young black males over the next five years. She is partnering with First Response Center in North Nashville.
Elisabeth Dykens, 菠萝视频 Kennedy Center director, Annette Schaffer Eskind Professor of Psychology and professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, is lead investigator for a $6.5 million, five-year grant awarded to VKC to continue as a national Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 菠萝视频 Center.
Ellen Goldring, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Education Policy and Leadership; and Jason Grissom, associate professor of public policy and education; received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 Institute for Education Sciences to study how state school systems can best use teacher evaluation data to drive instructional improvement. The study is a partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education, Brown University and Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Mary Louise 鈥淢L鈥� Hemmeter, professor of special education and co-faculty director of the Susan Gray School for Children, is a part of a team of developers who have created a new interdisciplinary early childhood curriculum, Connect4Learning. C4L addresses the lack of math and science emphasis in pre-K curriculum by providing a balanced research-based approach focusing on literacy, mathematics, science and social-emotional development. It is available exclusively through Kaplan Early Learning Company.
Robert Jim茅nez, professor, and Lisa Pray, associate professor of the practice, both in the Department of Teaching and Learning, were among a team selected to receive the Alan C. Purves Award by the National Council of Teachers of English for their article, 鈥淯sing Translation to Drive Conceptual Development for Students Becoming Literate in English as an Additional Language.鈥� It was published in 菠萝视频 in the Teaching of English.
Tamra Stambaugh, research assistant professor of special education and director of Programs for Talented Youth, has been selected to receive the Early Leader Award and the Curriculum Award by the National Association of Gifted Children. Stambaugh recently co-wrote Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings (Prufrock Press, 2015), which has been named a Legacy Book Award winner by the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
James H. Steiger and Sonya K. Sterba have been recognized by the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. Steiger, professor of psychology and human development, is the 2015 recipient of the Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate 菠萝视频, while Sterba, assistant professor of psychology, is the recipient of the Cattell Early Career 菠萝视频 Award.
Joseph Wehby, associate professor of special education, and Joe Murphy, Frank W. Mayborn Professor of Education, were honored by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos for 25 years of service to 菠萝视频.