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Huggins to be Presented with Stinnett Fellowship Award

11/3/09

Kristin Huggins, a doctoral candidate in public school administration at Texas A&M University, will receive the T. M. Stinnett Academic Fellowship Award at the 2009 Administrative Leadership Institute (ALI).

Prior to beginning her pursuit of a doctoral degree, she was a secondary language arts teacher for 11 years in both urban and suburban schools in Oklahoma and Texas. While pursuing her doctorate, Kristin has worked as a graduate assistant researcher in the Aggie-STEM Center at Texas A&M.

Jim Scheurich, a professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, nominated Kristin for the award.

"Kristin has had strong preparation in scholarship, teaching (including distance learning), service and grant work," Scheurich says. "I have no doubt she is going to be a strong scholar who will make significant contributions to our field of educational leadership."

The award is named after T. M. Stinnett, a former Texas A&M professor, who had a distinguished career as an educator. Stinnett published numerous articles in scholarly journals, participated in the preparation of several significant state and national reports on education, and authored or co-authored more than 60 books.

Kristin will be honored at the ALI opening banquet at the Miramont Country Club in Bryan on Nov. 18, 2009, at 6 p.m.

The opening banquet is part of the 2009 ALI Conference, to be held Nov. 18-19. This year's conference theme is Leaders of Leaders in Secondary Schools: the Superintendent and Leadership Team.

For more information on the conference or to register, visit http://eahr.tamu.edu/articles/administrative_leadership_institute. Questions also may be addressed to Virginia Collier at vcollier@tamu.edu or 979.862.1336.

Sponsored by the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development at Texas A&M, the Texas Association of School Administrators and PBK, ALI is designed to focus on a critical issue that will help school leaders create or transform schools to help all children become successful students and people.