Present | Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Early Childhood Education | |
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Research Interests
Grants
2015 | Investigating Learning to Teach as an Interpretive Process |
Dean's Small Grant Fund | |
Colleague(s): C. Warner, K. Nash, & P. Álvarez-McHatton | |
$19,991.10 | |
2015 | Reducing the Gap: Preschool Benefits Children of Color |
Dean's Small Grant Fund | |
Colleague(s): P. M. Álvarez-McHatton | |
$19,999.20 | |
2011 - 2012 | “Beyond Read Aloud: Integrating Science and Literacy While Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners.” No Child Left Behind Title II Professional Development Grant Program. |
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): J. Jones | |
$85,199 | |
2007 | Preventing Early Obesity Through Education: A Program for Latino Children |
Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, Scholarship of Engagement Grant, University of Georgia | |
Colleague(s): S. Giraudo | |
$5,000 | |
2003 | Proposal for Travel Study to Costa Rica |
International Academic Program Development Fund (IAPDF), Office of International Education, University of Georgia | |
$3,500 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2010 - Present | Member, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators | 2004 - Present | Member, Association for Childhood Education International | 1996 - Present | Member, American Educational Research Association | 1991 - Present | Member, National Association for the Education of Young Children | 1991 - Present | Member, Southern Early Childhood Association |
Honors and Awards
- 1986 to 1989 - Scholarship Recipient from President of University of Puerto Rico
- 1985 to 1986 - Certificate of Merit, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- 1984 - Induction to Phi Upsilon Omicron
- 1988 - Induction into Omicron Nu
- 1998 - Travel Award, University of Georgia Office of International Education
- 1999 - Induction to Phi Delta Kappa International
- 2001 - Donald O. Schneider Award for Mentoring, University of Georgia College of Education
- 2001 - educator of the Year, Georgia Association on Young Children
- 2006 - Kappa Delta Epsilon's Outsanding Faculty Member Award
- 2008 to 2009 - Advisor of the Year, University of Georgia Department of Child and Family Development
- 2008 to 2009 - Academic Advisor of the Year, University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences
- 2014 - Taylor & Francis Outstanding Teacher Educator of the Year Award, National Association of early Childhood Teacher Educators
Courses
- ECED 5570 - Practicum in Early Childhood Education
- ECED 5210 - Advanced Child Development
1991 | Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ‐ Family and Child Development | |
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1987 | M.S., Florida State University ‐ Home and Family Life | |
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1986 | B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ‐ Family and Child Development | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 70548
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Warf-Pickel Hall Room 209
Phone: 423-439-7996
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