2013 Service Learning Faculty Fellow – Dr. Priya Kurup participated in a year-long Service-Learning faculty development Program which is molded after The University of Georgia. The program provided the six faculty members from colleges of Architecture, Science, Education and Human Development, and Liberal Arts an opportunity to integrate service-learning into their teaching, research and public service. The program is a partnership between the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), Office o ...
EAHR Graduate Students Receive Graduate Teaching Academy Fellowships 2013
EAHR graduate students Marie A. Valentin, Mrudula Anne, Melika Shirmohammadi, and Celestino Valentin successfully completed the GTA college teaching fellowship program and have been awarded the GTA fellowship certification in college teaching by the Center for Teaching Excellence, and the Office of Graduate Studies.
From the left Marie, Mrudula, Melika and Celestino. They were
joined by Dr. R. Richardso ...
GRAB Leadership Symposium Held on 2/1/2013
The leaders of Graduate Advisory Board (GRAB) - Mrudula Anne, Dae Seok Chai, Detra Johnson, Veronica Jones, Junhee Kim, Celestino Valentin and Marie Valentin, organized a very successful leadership symposium which attracted undergraduate, masters and doctorate students in EAHR department. The main purpose of the leadership symposium was to mentor undergraduate seniors and new graduate students and assist them in determining their career goals. Th ...
President Loftin speaks to Higher Education in Administration Students
President Loftin speaks to Higher Education in Administration Students
President of Texas A&M University; Dr. R. Bowen Loftin spoke to a group of doctoral and masters students from the Higher Education Administration Program on Friday, November 9, 2012. His presentation was part of the speakers that visit the class EDAD 655 – Administration in Higher Education taught by Dr. Elsa Gonzalez to ...
Dr. Dominique Chlup receives the AFS Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching
Dominique Chlup, associate professor of adult education in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, was awarded Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching at the College Level.
The award presented by the Association of Former students aims at recognizing, encouraging, and rewarding classroom teachers whose command of their res ...
ALI recognizes former students and Leaders who have made difference in Public Education
The Administrative Leadership Institute (ALI) made several prestigious awards during its annual 2012 conference held November 7-8 in College Station.
Golden Deeds Award
- Lynn Moak, Casey & Associates, was awarded the 2012 Golden Deeds Award. As recipient of this award, he is recognized as an individual who has, through actions and deeds, improved the educational system in Texas to ...
10/6/2012
The Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development has a strong record of theory and research in issues pertaining to adult education, educational leadership, higher education administration and human resource development. To bridge the gap between scholarship and practice, the department has initiated Distinguished Leadership Speaker Series to introduce our students to the top experts and practitioners within the state and the nation.&nb ...
9/11/12
Gwenda McFadden (B.S. in Human Resource Development) and Dr. Bari Brookins (PhD in Higher Education) were recognized as College of Education and Human Development Distinguished Honor Graduates at a ceremony in their honor on Friday August 10, 2012.
The College of Education and Human Development honors those students who not only perform well in the classroom, but also excel outside of the classroom in organizations and in the community. ...
7/18/12
Professors Yvonne Goddard (EPSY) and Roger Goddard (EAHR) recently received approval from the Institute of Education Sciences (U.S. Department of Education) for $722,272 in funding for the School Leadership Improvement Study.
These funds are part of a no cost extension to support ongoing investigation of the causal impacts of the Balanced Leadership Professional Development Program for school principals. The award runs from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014.
Researchers from the Depar ...
5/30/12
Dr. Jamie Callahan, received two awards for her work presented at the 13th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice Across Europe that was held at the Universidade Lusiada de Vila Nova de Famalicao in Portugal.
A paper co-authored by Dr. Callahan and her AEHRD doctoral student, Vanessa Claus, and fellow AEHRD faculty member, Dr. Judy Sandlin entitled: “Culture and leadership: Women in non-profit and for-profit leadership positions in the Eur ...
5/1/12
Building on their current work, researchers in the Education Leadership Research Center housed in the department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development recently received an award of $107,301 from McREL to further study the causal impact of the Balanced Leadership Professional Development program.
This award marks the continuation of an IES sponsored project that began in 2008 and involves researchers and trainers from Texas A&M, the University o ...
4/23/12Dr. Jean Madsen, professor of public school administration and Dr. Jessica Li, assistant professor of human resource development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received Emerald Literati Network 2012 Award for Excellence for their paper entitled: Business ethics and workplace guanxi in Chinese SOEs: a qualitative study, published in the Chinese Journal of Human Resource Management, volume 2, issue 2, 2011. The award winning papers are chosen following consultation amongst the ...
4/24/12
Dr. Brenda Jones, a graduate of EAHR’s doctoral program, was one of 38 college administrators worldwide recently recognized as an Idahlynn Karre International Exemplary Leader at the 2012 Chair Academy International Leadership Conference in Atlanta. Jones, currently the Dean of Business and Technology at San Jacinto College South, was nominated by her colleagues in recognition of her exemplary leadership practices, as well as her commitment to her institution, departments, te ...
Dr. Roger Goddard, principal investigator and director of the Education Leadership Research Center at Texas A&M, and a team of researchers from Texas A&M and the University of Michigan are working to assess the efficacy of the Balanced Leadership Program. This professional development program, created by Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), provides principals with intensive guidance that addresses three key challenges of school leadership: improving school culture ...
11/2011
Dr. Kathryn McKenzie, Associate Professor of Educational Administration and Dr. Linda Skrla, Professor of Educational Administration, recently co-authored a book entitled “Using Equity Audits in the Classroom to Reach and Teach All Students.” The book which is published by Corwin a Sage Company, aims at raising the reader’s equity awareness quotient.
The book jacket noted, “In this time of changing demographics and increased diversity, many teachers find that exis ...
8/25/11Dr. Kim Dooley, graduate of the PhD program in Human Resource Development, has been named associate dean of academic operations for the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.Full article... ...
Bonner Co-Edits Diverse Millennial Students in College Book
Dr. Fred Bonner, Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, recently co-edited a book entitled: Diverse Millennial Students in College: Implications for Faculty and Student Affairs.
Bonner’s co-editors are Dr. Aretha Marbley, Professor of Counselor Education at Texas Tech University, and Dr. Mary Howard Hamilton, Professor of Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel at Indiana State University.& ...
4/8/11
The Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) selected graduate students Juana Vaquero, Mattyna Stephens and Feyi Obamehinti as the 2011-2012 Barbara Bush Fellows. Each will receive $25,000 in fellowship funding made possible by the generous support of the Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy.
The Barbara Bush Fellowships give doctoral candidates the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in the field of family literacy. These fellowships consist of a ...
5/31/11
Dr. Jia Wang, Assistant Professor in Educational Administration and Human Resource Development received the Outstanding Assistant Professor Award from the University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education.
The University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education is an organization composed of eighteen major universities that provide research, service, teacher education, and advance graduate studies in career and technical education and human resource developme ...
Courtesy University Marketing and Communications
More growth in learning takes place with individuals instructed with computer-based instruction methods — e-learning — compared to their counterparts instructed via traditional face-to-face methods, a study conducted by a Texas A&M University professor shows.
Prof. Frederick Nafukho has long been fascinated with the effect of methods of instruction on performance and is widely published on the subject. With more than five ...
4/18/2011
Texas A&M University was well represented by human resource development graduate students and faculty at the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) 2011 International Annual Research Conference in Schaumburg, Ill., in February. Nine members and 16 students made 41 presentations at the conference. Twenty-seven graduate students participated in the emerging research class offered at the conference, making a record number of 52 Texas A&M participants.
Sewon Kim, a for ...
3/30/11
Courtesy Diversity Executive
Businesses are required to make reasonable accommodations for disabled employees based on the law. But they're not required to make the effort to understand these individuals' unique qualities and assets. People with disabilities have varied experiences that can enhance a company's culture and acquaint the organization with diverse client bases. The various forms of disabilities should first be understood and then embraced through inclusion strate ...
