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Selected Faculty Accomplishments 2015-2016






               Ron Abate          Dr. Abate co-presented "Building an Interdisciplinary Support Network for University-Assisted
                                  Schools” at the University-Assisted Community Schools Conference.

               Tachelle Banks     Dr. Banks was promoted from Associate Professor to Full Professor. In addition, she was
                                  selected as one of 10 “Women of Influence” by the Cleveland State University Office of Inclusion
                                  and Multicultural Engagement.

               Molly Buckley      Dr. Buckley received the Fall 2015 Civic Engagement Award.


               Paula Chan         Dr. Chan presented her research entitled “Evaluating and improving student responses to
                                  functional assessment interviews” at the Association for Positive Behavior Support International
                                  Conference. She also published a paper entitled “Reducing fearful behavior near water and
                                  increasing water approach skills.”


               Cynthia Dieterich   Dr. Dieterich co-authored a chapter entitled “Navigating the Current Legal Landscape of the
                                  Identification and Eligibility of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”. She also co-authored
                                  and published an article called, “A Legal Study of Children with Emotional Disturbance and
                                  Mental Health Needs and Implications for Practice.”

               Robert Ferguson    Dr. Ferguson received the Multi-College Interdisciplinary Research Program (MIRP) Award for his
                                  project entitled “Designing Drug Delivery Materials with the Help of High School Students.” He
                                  also received the Undergraduate Summer Research Award.


               Grace Huang        Dr. Huang co-authored chapter entitled, “Confucianism, Chinese Families, and Academic
                                  Achievement: Exploring How Confucianism and Asian Descendant Parenting Practices Influence
                                  Children’s Academic Achievement”. She also received the Undergraduate Summer Research
                                  Award.
               Debbie Jackson     Dr. Jackson was Invited to speak at the Cleveland Engineering Society Conference. She also co-
                                  presented "Building an Interdisciplinary Support Network for University-Assisted Schools” at the
                                  University-Assisted Community Schools Conference.


               Anthony Menendez   Dr. Menendez received the Technology Award in the amount of $500.

               James Moore        Dr. Moore published an article called “Teaching the Black Death in Social Studies Courses”. He
                                  presented a peer-reviewed paper entitled "Teaching Politics and History Using Art" at the
                                  Humanities Education and Research Association (HERA) Conference. He also published an
                                  article entitled “You Cannot Say That in American Schools: Attacks on the First Amendment”.

               Roland Pourdavood   Dr. Pourdavood published an article entitled "Access and Equity in Mathematics Education." He
                                  was also invited to present his research paper presentation at the North American Chapter of the
                                  International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) Conference.  The
                                  paper will be included in the proceedings publication.

               Patrick Wachira    Dr. Wachire published an article entitled "Access and Equity in Mathematics Education."


               Karl Wheatley      Dr. Wheatley published an op-ed on healthy nutrition on Cleveland.com called, “What We Eat
                                  Does Matter – in the World of Truly Low-fat Foods.”


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