Selected scholarly activities and professional honors and accomplishments of the faculty and students in the College of Professional Education at Texas Woman's University.

1. Texas Woman’ s University
College of
Professional Education
A Celebration of Scholarship
Professional Research,
Publications, Presentations and
Honors
November, 2014

2. Dr. Katie Rose
Amy Johnson (Student)
Family Sciences
Presentation
“Decision Making About Non-Parental Care by Fathers: What is
Important to Fathers in a Non-Parental Child Care Program?”
Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Human
Development, Austin, TX.

3. Dr. Jennifer Richey
School of Library & Information Studies
Journal Articles
“School Librarians' Experiences with Evidence Based Library and
Information Practice,” School Library Research.
"EBLIP: How You Know, Where You Go, and What You Show."
School Library Monthly.

4. Dr. Mandy Stewart
Bilingual Education
Journal Article
“Social networking, workplace, and entertainment
literacies: The out-of-school literate lives of newcomer
Latina/o adolescents,” Literacy Research & Instruction.

5. Dr. Allison Briceno
Reading
Presentations
Instructional Implications of Teaching Emergent Literacy in Spanish, 2014 Billie J.
Askew Reading Recovery and K-6 Literacy Institute.
Clarifying and Codifying the Instrumento de Observación for Descubriendo la Lectura.
Full-day preconference session. Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA)
Teacher Leader Institute, Jun, 2014.

6. Dr. Sarah Woods
Family Sciences
Journal Articles
“Relational Discord in Urban Primary Care: Prevalence Rates and Psychiatric
Comorbidities,” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.
"The Biobehavioral Family Model: Testing Social Support as an Additional
Exogenous Variable." Family Process, funded by a new faculty REP grant.

7. Dr. Linda Brock
Greta Hentsch-Cowles (Student)
Family Sciences
Journal Article
“A Systemic Review of the Literature on the Role of the Partner
of the Sex Addict, Treatment Models, and a Call for Research for
Systems Theory Model in Treating the Partner,” Sexual Addictions
and Compulsivity.

8. Dr. Melinda Cowart
Dr. Gina Anderson
Teacher Education
Book (Eds.): Professional practice in diverse
settings: Attitudes and dispositions that facilitate
success. Arlington, VA: Canh Nam Publishers, Inc.

9. Dr. Sylvia Vardell
School of Library & Information Studies
Three books published in 2014
Children’s literature in action: A librarian’s guide (second edition). Englewood,
CO: Libraries Unlimited. (Major textbook for children's literature courses nation-wide).
The poetry Friday anthology for science. Princeton, NJ: Pomelo Books.
Poetry aloud here 2: Sharing poetry with children (second edition). Chicago, IL: American
Library Association.

10. Dr. Carol Perryman
School of Library & Information Studies
Research: “Medical Librarians and the Application
of Research Related Activities.” Study involving
health librarians in North Texas.
Intervention: Bloom where you’re planted: Student
use of a tool designed for the evaluation of research
and non-research information.

11. Dr. Pedro Blanco
Dr. Joel Muro
Family Sciences
Presentation
Introducing service-learning research to master’s level counseling
students as a way of enhancing their overall educational experience,
presented at the Texas Association of Counselor Education and
Supervision Mid-Winter Conference Austin, TX

12. Dr. Mandy Stewart
Teacher Education
Teaching high school refugee students as part of
a Research Enhancement Program (REP) grant.

13. Dr. Jennifer Richey
School of Library & Information Studies
Presentation
"Do You Hear What I Hear? Questioning the Legitimacy of
Audiobooks as 'Reading' Material." International Federation of
Library Associations and Institutions Satellite Conference,
Libraries for Children & Young Adults Section with School
Libraries Section, Paris, France.

14. Dr. Allison Briceno
Reading
Journal Article
“Instructional practices for academic language development in Spanish
and English in a hyper-segregated dual immersion program,” Journal
of Bilingual Education Research and Instruction.

15. Kidenda-Ombura (Student)
Family Sciences
Presentation
“Cultural Competence in Schools”
Regional Conference.

16. Dr. Judi Moreillon
School of Library & Information Studies
Book Chapter
“Putting the pieces together: Connecting to the Core through coteaching
curriculum standards.” Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and teachers
designing teaching for learning (pp. 49-66). Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited.
Journal Article
“Educating preservice school librarians for the instructional partner role: An
exploration into university curricula.” School Library Research.

17. Dr. Gina Anderson
Teacher Education
Journal Articles
“Discussions in a Socrates café: implications for critical thinking in
teacher education,” Action in Teacher Education.
“Conversations in Socrates café: Scaffolding critical thinking via
Socratic questioning and dialogues,” New Horizons for Learning.

18. Dr. Melissa McInnis Brown
Family Sciences
Journal Article
“Relations between Fantasy Orientation and Emotion
Regulation in Preschool,” Early Education and Development.

19. Dr. Brigitte Vittrup
Dr. Sharla Snider
Dr. Katie Rose
Jackie Rippy (Student)
Family Sciences
Journal Article
“Parental perceptions of the role of media and
technology in their young children’s lives” (in press).
Journal of Early Childhood Research.

20. Dr. Pedro J. Blanco
Family Sciences
Journal Article
“Gift Giving and Receiving in Child-Centered Play Therapy: An
Ethical Response,” Journal of Humanistic Counseling.

21. Dr. Connie Briggs
Reading
Recipient of the 2014 Al Mazurkiewicz Service Award
from the national Association of Literacy Educators and
Researchers (ALER).

22. Dr. Lamar Muro
Family Sciences
Presentation on research findings on accurate
empathy at the 2014 Imago Relationships
International conference in Washington, D.C.

23. Dr. Peggy Malone
Dr. Sarah McMahan
Teacher Education
Awarded the 2013-2014 CREATE School-
University Partnership Grant for their project “A
Field Experience Partnership for Enhancing
Teacher Candidate Success.” This study examined
the impact of structured and non-structured field
experiences on the student teaching semester.

24. Lena Jackson-Lynch
Family Sciences
Doctoral student in Family Sciences,
named the 2015 Virginia Chandler Dykes
College of Professional Education Scholar.

25. Dr. Kathleen Kyzar
Special Education
Elected Vice-President of the Texas Council for Exceptional Children
and Treasurer of the Texas Division of Early Childhood.
“Family-professional partnerships: An examination of definitions within
early childhood and special education,” presented at the Division of Early
Childhood National Conference in St. Louis.

26. Dr. Sarah McMahan
Teacher Education
Served as the Chair for the American
Educational Research Association Mentorship
and Mentoring Practices SIG during 2010-2013.

27. Dr. Pedro Blanco
Dr. Joel Muro
Dr. Ryan Holliman
Family Sciences
Presentations
Playing for Academic Success: Exploring the Impact of School Based Play Therapy
with Academic Achievement. American Counseling Association.
Enriching Counseling Student's Educational Experience by Incorporating Service-learning
Research. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

28. Dr. Joyce Armstrong
Family Sciences
Named Professional of the Year Award at
the Parent Educator Institute: Connecting
with Families, sponsored by the Texas
Association of Parent Educators.

29. Dr. Shann Hwa (Abraham) Hwang
Family Sciences
Book Chapters
“Family Life Education with Asian Immigrant Families,” Family Life
Education with Diverse Populations.
“Family Policies in Taiwan: Development, Implementation, and Assessment,”
(pp. 273-287). In M. Robila (Ed). Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe.

30. Cindy Estrada (Student)
Family Sciences
Article published in the American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
– Texas Action newsletter

31. Dr. Ryan Holliman
Family Sciences
Presentations
1. Apple for teacher: How play therapists can partner with educators.
2. Back to the drawing board: Drawing as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool.
Texas Association of Play Therapy. Austin, TX
Mental health detectives: Getting to the bottom of diagnosing ADHD. Texas
Counseling Association.

32. Dr. Laura Trujillo-Jenks
Educational Leadership
2014 G. Ann Uhlir Fellowship in Higher Education Administration.
Best Teachers Institute-Ken Bain, selected faculty, 2014, Texas Woman’s
University, Office of Teaching and Learning with Technology.

33. Dr. Sarah McMahan
Teacher Education
Received the TWU Award for Distinction in
Teaching at the 2014 Honors Convocation. This
award is reserved for an individual who displays
excellence in Teaching and Learning.

34. Dr. Pedro Blanco
Dr. Ryan Holliman
Family Sciences
Journal Article
“Honoring the person within the child: Meeting the needs of
children through child-centered play therapy.” The Person-Centered
Journal.20, 80-103.

35. Dr. Becky Fredrickson
Dr. Sarah McMahan
Teacher Education
Selected as Finalists for the State of Texas
Coordinating Board STAR award for their work
in developing a community reading program with
ATPE and Barnes and Noble of Denton.

36. Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng
School of Library & Information Studies
Honored by the Association for Library
and Information Science Education
(ALISE) with its 2014 Award for
Professional Contribution to Library and
Information Science Education.

37. Dr. Ludovic Sourdot
Teacher Education
Article
“Howard Dean.” Collective Memory Project.
Center for Presidential History. Southern
Methodist University.

38. Dr. Connie Briggs
Reading
Effective Reading Strategies Implemented by Teachers of Children Living
in Poverty, examine the strategies and insights from successful teachers of
children living in poverty based upon a two year research study.

39. Dr. Holly Hansen-Thomas
Teacher Education
Journal Articles
“What types of resources can mathematics teachers who have ELLs/emergent bilinguals in
their classes use to meaningfully engage these learners with the language demands of the
CCSS.” In Common Core and ELLs/Emergent Bilinguals: A Guide for All Educators .
“Is Mathematics a universal language or a foreign language for English language
learners?” TESOL Research Briefs.

40. Dr. Sylvia Vardell
School of Library & Information Studies
The Scholastic Library Publishing Award from the
American Library Association given annual to a library
whose “unusual contribution to the stimulation and
guidance of reading by children and young people”
exemplifies achievement in the profession.

41. Dr. Ryan Holliman
Dr. Joel Muro
Family Sciences
Reaching underserved couples: Supporting Dallas through imago relationship
therapy and education. Presented at the conference of the Texas Counseling
Association. Dallas, TX.

42. Dr. Sharla Snider
Tara Reynolds-Blakenship
Family Sciences
Presentation
Lessons learned: Exploring iPad use in one Kindergarten
classroom (September 2014). Presentation to the Texas Association
for the Education of Young Children.

43. Dr. S.H. (Abraham) Hwang
Family Sciences
Presentations
An Alternative Analytical Framework for Explaining Disparities in Immigrant
Health Service Utilization,. Presented at the Southwestern Social Science
Association Annual Meeting.
Is there a relationship between African American and Latino fathering behaviors
and childhood obesity? Presented at the National Council on Family Relations
Conference.

44. Dr. Carol Perryman
School of Library & Information Studies
)
Assets-Based Community Development Experiential Education
supported by the Experiential Faculty Fellows to develop QEP-designated courses in
alignment with TWU’s Quality Enhancement Plan, Pioneering Pathways: Learn by Doing.
Article: “Diagnoses, Drugs, and Treatment Are the Main Information Needs of Primary
Care Physicians and Nurses, and the Internet Is the Information Source Most Commonly
Used to Meet These Needs,” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.

45. Dr. Jennifer Richey
School of Library & Information Studies
Presentations
What Sound Does an Odyssey Make? Content Analysis of Award Winning Audio Texts. The
63rd Annual Conference of the Literacy Research Association, Dallas, Texas.
The Cream Rises to the Top: Using Evidence Based Practices to Demonstrate School Library
Contributions to Student Success. The American Association of School Librarians 16th
National Conference and Exhibition, Hartford, Connecticut.

46. Dr. Pedro Blanco
Dr. Ryan Holliman
Family Sciences
Presentation
Where are We?: The Current Status of Ethics and Counselors in the
State of Texas, presented at the Texas Association of Counselor
Education and Supervision Mid-Winter Conference Austin.

47. Dr. Holly Hansen-Thomas
Teacher Education
International TESOL Leadership Certification, 2014
Teaching English to Speaker of Other Languages

48. Dr. Peggy Malone
Dr. Cathy Gabro
Dr. Laura Trujillo-Jenks
Educational Leadership
Teacher Quality Program and Partnership,
presentation at the 2014 International Conference
on Interdisciplinary Research, Milano, Italy.

49. Dr. Allison Briceno
Reading
Journal Articles
“Deepening the home-school connection: Collaborating with diverse
families to accelerate student learning,” Journal of Reading Recovery.
“They’re talking, now what?: Deepening language development in the
classroom,” ASCD Express Online.

50. Dr. Diane Myers
Special Education
Book Co-Author
Classwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports: A Guide
to Proactive Classroom Management, Guilford Press, 2015.

51. Dr. Teresa Starratt
Dr. Peggy Malone
Dr. Cathy Gabro
Dr. Laura Trujillo-Jenks
Educational Leadership
Official Trainers for Crucial Conversations
workshops presented to faculty and administrators
in universities and K-12 school districts.

52. Dr. Karen Dunlap
Dr. Becky Fredrickson
Teacher Education
Journal Article
“In pursuit of digital literacy: An overzealous jettison of
both baby and bathwater?” In Miller, D. Becker, & K.
Becker (Eds.), Technology for Transformation: The
Confluence of Educational Technology and Social Justice.

53. Dr. Connie Briggs
Dr. Patricia Watson
Reading
Presentation
From Fragments to Focus: An Analysis of One School’s Literacy
Culture, Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers
Conference, Del Ray Beach, Florida, October 2014.

54. Dr. Mandy Stewart
Bilingual Education
One of only 26 educators in the United States selected for PDK (Phi
Delta Kappa) International’s 2013-14 Class of Emerging Leaders.

55. Dr. Dan Krutka
Teacher Education
Journal Articles
“How and Why Educators Use Twitter: A Survey of the Field,” Journal of
Research on Technology in Education.
“Microblogging About Teaching: Nurturing Participatory Culture Through
Collaborative Online Reflection with Pre-Service Teachers,” Teaching and
Teacher Education.

56. Dr. Melinda Cowart
Bilingual Education
Editor
Editor for the “Critical Issues in the Education of English
Language Learners” monograph series, Managing Editor for
five monographs and Series Editor for four. The most recent
monograph is titled, Teaching and Leading in Diverse Schools.

57. Dr. Hollie Moore
Family Sciences
Worked on an interdisciplinary team studying children's
dramatic interpretations of picture books at a dual
language school in the Southwest United States.

58. Dr. Kathleen Kyzar
Special Education
Journal Articles
“Students With Deaf-Blindness and Their Families: Service Utilization and
Satisfaction,” Inclusion.
“Feasibility of an Online Professional Development Program for Early
Intervention Practitioners,” Infants and Young Children.

59. Dr. Pedro Blanco
Dr. Joel Muro
Family Sciences
Journal Articles
“Understanding the concept of genuineness in play therapy: Implications for
the supervision and teaching of beginning play therapists,” International
Journal of Play Therapy.
“Collaborating university play therapy programs with elementary schools:
Alleviating school counselor stress,” The Open Journal of Education.

60. Dr. Karen Dunlap
Teacher Education
Journal Article
“A collaborative data chat: Teaching summative assessment data use
in pre-service teacher education.” Cogent Education.

61. Dr. Judi Moreillon
School of Library & Information Studies
Recipient of 2014 Mary Mason Lyon Award by the TWU Faculty
Awards Committee. The Mary Mason Lyon Award recognizes
excellence in teaching, research, and service and clear evidence in
dedication and promise for success in the future.

62. Book Chapter
“Tangled in Charlotte’s Web: Lessons learned from English learners”. In F.
Boyd and C. Brock (Eds.), Social Diversity within Multiliteracies: Complexity
in teaching and learning, (pp. 127-143). New York, NY: Routledge.
Outreach Co-Chair for Children’s Literacy Assembly
Editor, Memo Board Column for Journal of Children’s Literature

63. Dr. Sharla Snider
Nicole Masek (Student)
Joanne Noller (Student)
Family Sciences
Book Chapter
The promise of mobile technology and differentiated learning. Mobile
pedagogy and perspectives on teaching and learning (2013). In McConatha, D,
Penny, C, Schugar, J. & Bolton, D. (Eds). Mobile pedagogy and perspectives
on teaching and learning, Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

64. Dr. S.H. (Abraham) Hwang
Family Sciences
Journal Articles
“Exploring Family Policy in the U.S. :Through a Preventive Perspective and
Family Life Education,” Journal of Human Development and Family Studies.
“The effects of financial stress and couple conflict on father-child interactions,”
Texas Child Care Quarterly.
Co-authored with Dr. Nerissa Gillum and three Family Studies doctoral students.

65. Dr. Amy Burke
Reading
Presentation
Composing Practices Outside of School as Sites of Tension and
Spaces for Creation. Presented at the Literacy Research
Association 2013 Annual Conference.

66. Dr. Sandra McClintic
Family Sciences
Early childhood teachers’ beliefs and practices about preschool outdoor play.
Presented at the National Council on Family Relations 75th Annual
Conference, San Antonio, TX.
QEP Experiential Fellow (2014-2015). FS 4943 Practicum II in Family
Sciences selected as a QEP-designated course.