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Moore receives international recognition for professional work with minorities
James L. Moore III
James L. Moore III, associate professor of physical activity and educational services at The Ohio State University, has become the third American to receive the Outstanding Contribution to School-Based Family Counseling Award from the Institute for School-Based Family Counseling.
The international award recognizes Moore's professional work with ethnic minorities, particularly African American males, in public schools and higher education institutions throughout the United States. In addition to his appointment in the College of Education and Human Ecology's counselor education program, he is director of Ohio State's Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male.
The institute presented the award to Moore at the prestigious 2009 Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counseling at the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, July 16. Moore has been a member of the think-tank for two years.
Moore has previously been internationally recognized as a rising academic in school counselor education, support for success of African American boys and men, and improvement of urban schools.
His research also focuses on factors that support, enhance or impede academic outcomes for African American students. He is interested in increasing the number of students of color in K-12 gifted education and in college science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors.
A prolific scholar, Moore has published more than 70 academic articles and given more than 100 academic presentations. He has obtained more than $1.3 million in federal, state and foundation grants and contracts. Among his numerous honors are the international Phi Delta Kappa Class of Emerging Leaders Award (2007-2008) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA)-Division E Distinguished Research Award in Counseling (2008).
He received his M.A.Ed. and Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).
The Oxford Symposium is an international, annual conference limited to approximately 25 invited members. Oxford Symposium members are experienced practitioners, researchers and theorists from diverse professional disciplines worldwide working at the leading edge of school-based family counseling.
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