 Teresa LaFromboise  Susanna Loeb 
Ingram Olkin  Francisco Ramirez  Joy Williamson |
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 “Effects of Racial Diversity on Complex Thinking in College Students,” by Anthony Lising Antonio, Kenji Hakuta, Mitchell Chang, David Kenny, Shana Levin, and Jeffrey Milem, was accepted for publication in Psychological Science. It was previously cited in amicus briefs submitted to the Supreme Court for the University of Michigan affirmative action case. Arnetha Ball has accepted an offer to serve a two-year term on the board of directors of the National Society for the Study of Education. In October, Martin Carnoy received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bourgogne in Dijon, France. He is also the coauthor of two recent books: Whitewashing Race (University of California Press) and The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing (Routledge). Elliot Eisner gave the Hassinger lecture at Chapman University in southern California. His book, The Educational Imagination, was translated and published in Chinese and his two other books, The Enlightened Eye and Cognition and Curriculum Reconsidered, were translated and published in Korean. Several of his articles have recently appeared in Qualitative Research in Psychology, The International Handbook of Educational Evaluation, The Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, Phi Delta Kappan, Music Education International and Language Arts. Earlier this year, Linda Darling- Hammond published “Standards and Assessments:Where We Are and What We Need” in Teachers College Record.This was an analysis of changes needed to the standards-based reform movement. Recently, Teresa LaFromboise was appointed a faculty member for the Family Research Consortium IV.This National Institute of Mental Health funded consortium provides a base for advances in family mental health research among diverse populations and contexts. She also spoke about identity issues for women of color as part of a panel at the “Women of Color 2003” national conference sponsored by Working Mother magazine. Along with her colleagues at State University of New York, Albany, Susanna Loeb was awarded a Spencer Foundation Grant entitled “Examining Teacher Preparation: Does the Pathway Make a Difference?” She recently published chapters in Michigan at the Millennium:A Benchmark and Analysis of Its Fiscal and Economic Structure and School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connections,AEFA 2003 Yearbook. Ingram Olkin is a co-author of the recent study,“The Efficacy and Safety of Low-Carbohydrate Diets,” that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In August, Amado Padilla presented his paper,“Acculturation, Social Identity, and Social Cognition:A New Direction,” at the American Psychological Association annual meeting with William Perez. Several of his articles have recently appeared in Foreign Language Annals, Language Magazine, Online Readings in Psychology and Culture and Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. His paper,“United States’ hegemony and purposes for learning English in Mexico,” appeared in Language: Issues of Inequality, published by University of Mexico Press. Denis C. Phillips was elected to membership in the National Academy of Education.This past May he gave a workshop on philosophical issues in educational research at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. During the summer, he ran the first of two three-week Spencer Foundation funded institutes on the philosophy of education for a small group of doctoral students. SUSE professor Eamonn Callan joined him. He also spent the summer preparing, with Jonas Soltis, the fourth edition of their monograph, “Perspectives on Learning,” to be published by Teachers College Press. His 20-year-old article on positivism was reprinted in Science and Education and his essay, “Theories of Teaching and Learning,” appeared in a volume of the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series. Francisco Ramirez’s recent publications include the articles “Eyes Wide Shut: University, State, and Society” in European Educational Research Journal and “Women in Science/Women and Science: Liberal and Radical Perspectives” in Zwischen Vorderbühne und Hinterbühne, originally a paper he presented at the International Conference on the Work of Science.He also published chapters in the books Local Meanings/Global Culture: Anthropology and World Culture Theory and The Handbook on Educational Research in the Asia Pacific Region. In collaboration with Robert Roeser, Richard Shavelson coedited an issue of Educational Assessment in memory of Dick Snow. All of the authors were either SUSE faculty, former students or current students. Myra Strober and Jay M. Jackman’s article, “Fear of Feedback,” was published by Harvard Business Review in April. Joy Williamson’s book, Black Power on Campus, was recently published by the University of Illinois Press. She also received a Research Institute on Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Junior Faculty Development Program grant. |