May 17, 2019

May 2019 Student News

May 17, 2019 Ginny Smith (Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies Ph.D.) recently published alongside Valerie Shute, Mack and Effie Campbell Tyner Endowed Professor of Education in the Educational Psychology and Learning Systems department. The article examines how to create and evaluate stealth assessment to check for calculus competencies. The article, titled “Designing and Validating a […]

May 13, 2019

The Retirement of Pfeiffer, Tenenbaum and Darabi

Retirements are always bitter-sweet. On one hand, we get to honor a lifetime of work and the important careers of two individuals. On the other, we say goodbye to three Florida State faculty members who made a huge impact on the College of Education. Dr. Steven Pfeiffer, Dr. Gershon Tenenbaum and Dr. Aubteen Darabi retire this […]

May 2, 2019

May 2019 Faculty News

May 20, 2019 Tamara Bertrand Jones, associate professor of Higher Education, received the Outstanding Contribution to Student Affairs Through Teaching Award from NASPA Region III. NASPA is one of the leading organizations for student affairs administrators in higher education. NASPA will recognize Bertrand Jones and other winners on June 7 during a special awards luncheon […]

May 2019 Alumni News

May 20, 2019 Angela Alvarado Coleman Higher Education Ed.D. ’11 Angela Alvarado Coleman won the Outstanding HBCU/Minority-Serving Institution Professional in Region III award from NASPA. NASPA is one of the leading organizations for student affairs administrators in higher education. The organization will recognize Coleman and other winners on June 7 during a special awards luncheon […]

April 29, 2019

Using New Research to Support College Students with Autism

When you think about supports for students with autism, programs and services at the Pre-K – 12 level usually come to mind. But what happens when these students graduate high school and enroll in college? The Research Gap Dr. Bradley Cox, associate professor of higher education at FSU, addresses this gap in autism research by […]

April 24, 2019

How Augmented Reality May Help Students with Autism

Autism research has long been a topic of interest for faculty and students at Florida State’s College of Education. With the introduction of our Autism Spectrum Disorder graduate program, we know that there is even more interest in what our faculty are researching and how autism specialists can better serve their charges. Today, we are […]

April 15, 2019

April 2019 Student News

April 27, 2019 Dorsey Spencer Jr. (Higher Education Ph.D.) received a “20 Under 40” Young Professional Award from the Tallahassee Network of Young Professionals as part of the 2019 Golden A.C.E. event. A Golden A.C.E. recipient is an emerging young leader in their respective industry and also represents the award’s namesake – to highlight those […]

Alumni Spotlight: Amy Booher, Special Education Teacher

Every student who comes through the FSU College of Education has a unique journey. As part of Autism Awareness Month, we reached out to one of our alumni, Amy Booher, to ask her about her journey. Booher, who graduated in 2017 with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Special Education, currently serves as a Communication […]

April 8, 2019

April 2019 Faculty News

April 30, 2019 Lara Perez-Felkner, assistant professor of Higher Education, won the Council on Research and Creativity Planning Grant. The Planning Grant helps support faculty members interested in existing research projects or creative activity.       April 30, 2019 Nicole Gabana, assistant professor of Sport Psychology, received the 2018 Journal of Sport Psychology in […]

April 4, 2019

FSU Talks at AERA 2019

The annual American Educational Research Association offers a great way for faculty members and students to share ideas and their latest research. This year’s conference, which takes place April 5 – April 9 in Toronto, asks participants to consider what it means to live in a “post-truth” era. Always at the forefront of research and […]

April 2, 2019

April 2019 Alumni News

April 27, 2019 Paul Aloise Jr. Sport Management B.S. ’14 Paul Aloise Jr. won a Golden A.C.E. Top “20 Under 40” Young Professional Award from the Tallahassee Network of Young Professionals. A Golden A.C.E. recipient is an emerging young leader in their respective industry and also represents the award’s namesake – to highlight those in […]

March 27, 2019

FSU Great Give: Improving the College of Education

When you get a group of people together who share a common interest, amazing things can happen. The Florida State community learns this lesson every year during the Great Give event. Last year, the university raised over $400,0000 to support projects across campus. For those not familiar with the Great Give, the event lasts 36 […]

March 21, 2019

Picking Brackets with the Experts: Bracketology Science

March Madness is upon us. Even if you are not a fan of basketball, chances are you might still end up filling out a tournament bracket. After all, the art of filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket has become a cultural moment—and a big business. Just doing a quick search online or browsing through newsstands […]

March 11, 2019

Breaking down bullying: FSU College of Education Research

This article originally appeared online at https://news.fsu.edu/news/education-society/2019/03/11/breaking-down-bullying-fsu-researchers-find-girls-more-likely-to-notice-interpret-and-intervene/ by Kara Irby. Forget what you’ve heard about mean girls; new research from Florida State University finds girls are far more likely than boys to notice instances of bullying and interpret them as emergencies. Those findings were recently published in the Journal of Early Adolescence. Lyndsay Jenkins is an […]

March 7, 2019

March 2019 Student News

March 22, 2019 Congratulations to the COE graduate students who received an external award this year! The following students won awards this year: Sheila Labissiere (Educational Policy & Evaluation Ph.D.) – Segal Americorp Education Award Jacob Ellis (Higher Education M.S.) – Delta Upsilon McQuaid Scholarship Marshall Anthony, Jr. (Higher Education Ph.D.) – Florida Gubernatorial Fellowship […]

March 1, 2019

Entrepreneurs in Education: Alumni on the Seminole 100 List

It is an easy assumption to make that graduates from a college of education go on to be educators. However, our alumni from the Florida State College of Education enter the workforce in a variety of ways, equipped with the skills and passion gained during their time here. Recently, the Jim Moran Institute for Global […]

March 2019 Faculty News

March 28, 2019 Jenny Root, assistant professor of Special Education, conducted two days of professional development. The event was titled “Everyone has something to ADD” and was attended by special education teachers in Maryland.     March 27, 2019 Michael Giardina, professor of Sport Management, recently published a new book. The book, titled Qualitative Inquiry at […]

March 2019 Alumni News

March 30, 2019 Ashley Stafford Elementary Education B.S. ’09 Ashley Stafford won a Golden Apple award. As one of the seven award winners, Stafford will receive a monetary prize as well as a grant from Suncoast Credit Union. Stafford received the award for her exceptional work teaching math to her students. Stafford was also featured […]

February 25, 2019

A Century of Advocacy: Celebrating Margaret K. Lewis

Margaret K. Lewis, a pioneer in the field of special education and alumna of the FSU College of Education, passed away on Feb. 22 at the age of 100. Lewis graduated in 1939 from what was then known as the Florida State College for Women. She went on to become a special education teacher in […]

February 22, 2019

Undergraduate Women in STEM

Equal gender representation remains an issue in STEM fields, affecting the success of undergraduate women across STEM disciplines and departments, institutional types and backgrounds. Yet, the gender gap is experienced differently across these conditions. Increasing evidence of this issue has shown the complexity of the problem and has demonstrated the need for further rigorous research […]

February 12, 2019

February 2019 Student News

February 28, 2019 A number of students presented at the annual AERA conference alongside professor in the School of Teacher Education, Ithel Jones. The talks were: Preschool Science Talk Study (Ithel Jones, Hye Ryung Won, Jaida Condo, Grace Castillo, and Emily Snowden) Field Experiences and Preservice Early Childhood Teachers’ Science Teaching Self Efficacy Beliefs (Ithel […]

February 7, 2019

Sport Management’s Superb Super Bowl Experience

Every year, millions of people tune in to the Super Bowl, but few get to experience professional football’s big game in person. For students in Florida State’s Sport Management program, the Super Bowl provided more excitement than anyone watching from home could imagine. They got a taste of what they could potentially experience after graduation […]

February 6, 2019

February 2019 Alumni News

February 25, 2019 Sonja Ardoin Higher Education M.S. ’06 Sonja Ardoin was named a 2019-2021 ACPA Emerging Scholar. The award recognizes individuals who are early in his or her student affairs career. Ardoin also won the 2019 Socioeconomic and Class Issues in Higher Education KC Outstanding Service to NASPA Award.   February 25, 2019 Spencer […]

February 1, 2019

February 2019 Faculty News

February 27, 2019 Gershon Tenenbaum, the Benjamin S. Bloom Professor of Educational Psychology and Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology, was featured in an article found in the March 2019 edition of Monitor on Psychology. The article, titled “The Athletic Brain,” explores how an athlete’s brain works during competition and training, in particular eye movement. […]

January 31, 2019

Super Bowl, Super Data: Sports Analytics Change the Game

It is undeniable that the Super Bowl is one of the biggest events of the year, regardless if you love football or couldn’t care less about sports in general. Almost every year the Super Bowl is the most watched event on American television, and few events can compare in terms of impact on the entertainment […]