Faculty across the college reap awards, recognitions for their expertise

Since the start of 2022, a number of the college’s outstanding faculty experts were honored by their professional associations with awards, elected to office or otherwise singled out for recognition.

Don Pope-Davis, dean, received the William H. Watson Memorial Award at the 27th Annual National Conference on Diversity, Race and Learning held at Ohio State. Watson, who died in 1971, was among the early African Americans to hold a leadership role within Ohio State’s University College. The honor recognizes Pope-Davis’ embodiment of Watson's ideals of honoring human dignity, supporting professional competency and ensuring equal opportunity for all.

Karen Stansberry Beard, associate professor of educational administration, was elected to the executive committee of the University Council for Educational Administration. UCEA is a national consortium of higher education institutions and the leading professional organization committed to advancing the preparation and practice of educational leaders for the benefit of schools and children. It provides administrator preparation and professional development for educational leaders and professors, and thus is positively influential to local, state and national educational policy.

Beard chairs the college’s Educational Administration Program, which is ranked No. 6 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Her research focuses on Educational Administrative practices and policy, the integration of positive psychology in teaching and learning, and student and teacher well-being within schools as organizations.

Martha Belury, the Carol S. Kennedy Professor of Human Nutrition, received the 2022 Ralph T. Holman Lifetime Achievement Award from the Health and Nutrition Division of the American Oil Chemists' Society. Holman was a pioneer in the field of dietary fats and health and invented the naming of polyunsaturated dietary fatty acids such as omega-3 and omega-6.

Belury was honored for her significant contributions to research through her more than 120 peer-reviewed publications that reveal how dietary fatty acids modulate energy metabolism and inflammation in the contexts of cancer, obesity, type-2 diabetes and sarcopenia.

Belury is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Colette Dollarhide, professor of counselor education, was named a Fellow of the American Counseling Association in March. She received this professional distinction for her significant and unique contributions to the counseling profession. The award further recognizes her as an association member for service throughout her career and is a call for continued service — as a professional counselor, author, mentor, conference facilitator, practitioner, scholar and leader.

Dollarhide serves as program chair of the college’s counselor education program, ranked No. 4 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report (called student counseling). She is a recognized leader in the field, having authored two textbooks and specializing in research on social justice, leadership and pedagogy in school counseling.  
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Jackie Goodway, professor of kinesiology, was elected president-elect of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, the major international organization in the motor behavior field. She also was inducted as a Fellow in the inaugural cohort of the International Motor Development Research Consortium, a coalition of scholars from across the globe. Its mission is to increase visibility and impact of motor development research over the next decade through meaningful collaborations.

Goodway, who was inducted as a Fellow into the National Academy of Kinesiology in 2020, studies issues associated with the promotion of motor skill development and physical activity in young children who are at-risk and/or economically disadvantaged.

Samuel R. Hodge, professor of kinesiology, was recently the first African American elected as president-elect of the National Academy of Kinesiology. Formed in 1904, the academy is the most prestigious professional association in the field of kinesiology.

In 2016, Hodge was among the second-ever class of Fellows inducted by the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education. In that same year, he was the first African American to receive the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America’s Scholar Award for his distinguished career and academic contributions that have made education more inclusive and socially just.

A recognized leader in his field for his teaching, research and service, Hodge focuses on diversity, disability and social justice in physical education teacher education and adapted physical education.

Jonda C. McNair, the Charlotte S. Huck Endowed Professor of Children's Literature, has been elected vice president/president-elect of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). ALSC is the world's largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children.

Among her accomplishments, McNair has served on prominent children’s book awards committees. Most recently, she completed a term as chair of the 2021 John Newbery Award Selection Committee. She also has chaired the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee and was a member of the 2019 Randolph Caldecott Award Selection Committee.

Antoinette Miranda, professor of school psychology, has been selected to present the 2023 National Association of School Psychologists 27th Annual Legends in School Psychology Address. The address series honors distinguished contributors to the field of school psychology.

Miranda, who is the William H. and Laceryjette V. Casto Professor of Interprofessional Education, is currently chair of the college’s Department of Teaching and Learning, having been a Fellow of the Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program. Before that, she guided the college’s school psychology program as its chair.

Miranda is known for developing effective interventions with at-risk children in urban settings, consultation services in urban settings and the study of the development of racial identity and its relationship to academic achievement.