Faculty Highlights
October 15, 2011
As part of their partnership with Aggie Athletics, ING has pledged to recognize professors for their dedication to education. This Saturday, at the A&M/Baylor game, our very own Mike Ash will be recognized at halftime as ING Professor of Excellence. Please join in congratulating Dr. Ash.
August 25, 2011
Congratuations Jamilia! She was selected as a 2011-2012 Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar.
August 8, 2011
Congratulations Lisa! Her SEELS article will be published in the Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders later this year.
August 4, 2011
Xitao Fan, a College of Education and Human Development Ph.D. alumnus, was recently appointed dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Macau in China.
Fan, a world-renowned scholar, educator and chair professor at the University of Macau, received his doctorate in educational psychology, with a specialization in research, measurement and statistics, from Texas A&M University in 1993. Read More...
June 27, 2011
Jamia Blake has a couple of new publications!
1. Benden, M., Blake, J., "Wendel, M, Huber C., "The impact of stand-biased desks in classrooms on calorie expenditure in children" 2011 March 18 AJPH Epub ahead of print. PMID: 21421945
2. Blake, J., Benden, M., Wendel, M., "Using Stand/Sit Workstations in Classrooms: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Study in Texas" accepted for publication Dec 2010 in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
March 10, 2011
Jeff Liew will be receiving an Early Career Award from the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) at their 2011 Biennial Meeting, taking place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada , March 31st to April 2nd. SRCD is widely recognized as the premiere professional organization in the field of child development. For faculty and students who may be attending the conference and are interested in the topic, he will be chairing a paper symposium on "Social and Emotional Factors in Children's Academic Outcomes" with Jan Hughes as the discussant. In addition, Audrea Youngman Johnson (SPSY doctoral student) will be presenting a paper in a symposium on "Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Predictors, Correlates, and Outcomes".
