Awards and honors recognize college’s scholars
Accolades received by our faculty, staff and alumni from their professional associations continue to accrue. Since the start of 2024, honors were presented in program areas ranging from counselor education to higher education and student affairs to kinesiology.
See the lineup of who’s who, especially our new Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Bachman dissertation recognized by AERA
Hadley Bachman, who recently completed a PhD in Educational Administration and currently works for the college’s Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE), won this year's Outstanding Dissertation Honorable Mention for the Family, School, Community Partnerships Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association.
Bachman said that the field of family and community engagement was the impetus for her return to academia and the focus of her scholarship as a doctoral student and candidate. She was guided in her work as a graduate research associate under Principal Investigator Barbara Boone at the college’s Statewide Family Engagement Center, a federally funded research and technical assistance center located in CETE.
She said her work was strengthened by the mentorship and content expertise of her advisor, Professor Karen Stansberry Beard, and the rest of her committee. Her dissertation, “Family Engagement Efficacy Beliefs of Educators: Validating the Interpretation and Use of a New Measure,” contributes a much-needed research tool to the field of family engagement. It can be used to build new understandings of teachers’ mindsets when working with students’ families.
Hodge receives SHAPE America’s Stein Lifetime Achievement Award
On March 14, Samuel R. Hodge, professor of kinesiology, received the Julian Stein Lifetime Achievement Award from SHAPE America during its annual convention and exposition.
The award is sponsored by the Adapted Physical Education Special Interest Group of the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America. The honor goes to him as the SHAPE America professional who best exemplifies Stein's leadership in teaching, mentorship, writing, speaking and volunteerism.
Hodge also was invited to present the prestigious C. H. McCloy Research Lecture during the convention.
Hodge is a Fellow and president of the National Academy of Kinesiology. He also a Fellow of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education.
Khalifa recognized with AERA Excellence in Research Award
Muhammad Khalifa, professor of educational administration, was selected as one of two recipients of the 2024 Excellence in Research Award from Division A of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
He was recognized at the Division A business meeting at AERA’s April conference in Philadelphia.
Khalifa directs the college’s Urban Education Initiative and is author of the top-selling Culturally Responsive School Leadership from Harvard Education Press.
Middleton and Dollarhide article among top downloads
Tanya Middleton and Colette Dollarhide, clinical assistant professor and professor, respectively, of counselor education, co-authored with students an article has received enough downloads to rank within the top 10% of papers published.
Titled “Optimal Theory and Educational Realities for African Americans: Suggestions for Humanistic Counselors Working K‐16,” it was published in 2022 in The Journal of Humanistic Counseling of the American Counseling Association.
Moore elected Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science
James L. Moore III, professor of counselor education and the college’s Distinguished Professor of Urban Education, was elected as a Fellow by the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Each year, the council elects members whose “efforts on behalf of the advancement of science, or its applications, are scientifically or socially distinguished.”
Moore was honored for distinguished contributions to the fields of urban education, broadening participation in STEM and STEM higher education.
Moore is presently on loan from Ohio State to the National Science Foundation as assistant director of the Directorate for STEM Education. He continues to serve as executive director of Ohio State’s Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male.
Two professors of higher education and student affairs honored
Penny A. Pasque and Stephen John Quaye, both professors of higher education and student affairs, were honored at the March convention of the ACPA: College Student Educators International (ACPA).
Pasque, a leading U.S. scholar in qualitative research methods and director of the college’s QualLab, received the Senior Scholar Diplomate recognition. This honors her as a top scholar in the field. She previously received a Senior Scholar Award from ACPA. She also is co-editor of one of the leading research journals in the field, The Review of Higher Education.
Quaye, who is also the university’s associate dean for Excellence in Graduate and Postdoctoral Training, received an ACPA Senior Scholar Award. He was previously president of ACPA. While in this role, he worked with the prior ACPA President Donna Lee, Indiana University, to develop the association’s Strategic Imperative for Racial Injustice and Decolonization.
Pierson receives National Science Teaching Association award
Ashlyn Pierson, assistant professor of elementary teacher education, and her co-authors received the Research Worth Reading award from the National Science Teaching Association and the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.
Her publication that was honored is "Multilingual Learners' Epistemologies in Practice in the Context of Computational Modeling in an Elementary Science Classroom." It appeared in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.