College of Education professors’ book named as a selected read by Chronicle of Higher Education
The book, Promoting Social Justice through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, edited by Georgia Southern University’s College of Education Professors Delores Liston, Ph.D., and Regina Rahimi, Ed.D., was included in a January compilation of 10 ‘Selected New Books on Higher Education’ in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Georgia Southern University biologists quantify campus biodiversity
Squirrels and robins are a common sight on almost any college campus. But is the park-like landscape of a campus actually a good habitat for wildlife? How many other species live in the fields, forests and waters of a university campus?
Faculty and students at Georgia Southern University have just completed a two-year study to answer these questions.
Georgia Southern faculty Jennifer Zorotovich awarded Outstanding Scholarship Article
Jennifer Zorotovich, Ph.D., assistant professor of child and family development in the School of Human Ecology, is a recipient for Outstanding Scholarship Article in the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences (JFCS).
COE professor Hodges brings White House leadership to campus
Georgia Southern’s College of Education faculty member Charles Hodges, Ph.D., was invited to the White House on Dec. 14 to participate in the Advancing Educational Technology in Teacher Preparation Innovators’ Summit hosted by the Office of Educational Technology (OET) at the U.S. Department of Education.
Biology professor featured in American Entomologist Magazine
James H. Oliver Jr., Ph.D (`52), was recently featured in the Winter 2016 edition of American Entomologist in a piece titled, “Ticks, Lyme Disease, and a Golden Gloves Champion.”
COSM Dean to participate in USG Accelerated Leadership Academy
Martha Abell, Ph.D., dean of the College of Science and Mathematics (COSM), has been selected to participate in the 2017 University System of Georgia’s (USG) Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE) Accelerated Leadership Academy (ALA).
History professor wins award for new book on women apparel workers
Department of History and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) faculty member Michelle Haberland’s, Ph.D., latest book, Striking Beauties: Women Apparel Workers in the U.S. South, 1930–2000, was awarded the Southern Historical Association’s H. L. Mitchell Award.
Thomas Koballa to Present Keynote at GERA Conference
Thomas R. Koballa Jr., Ph.D., dean of the College of Education at Georgia Southern, will be the keynote speaker at the Georgia Educational Research Association (GERA) 2016 Annual Conference, which will take place Oct. 7 at the Marriott at the Convention Center in Augusta, Georgia.
STEM Education explores opportunities in India
Robert Mayes, Ph.D., director of Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education, and Lisa Stueve, Ph.D., executive director of STEM InK, from Georgia Southern University attended and addressed the conference “STEM, the Global Dream,” on Sept. 13 in Hyderabad, India.
Nursing Faculty Awarded Grant Through NAPNAP Foundation
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Foundation has awarded three faculty members in the Georgia Southern School of Nursing with a 2016 NAPNAP Foundation research grant in the amount of $5,000.