FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS INVENTORY

Faculty Name	Title & Program Area	Areas of Interests/Expertise	Contact Information
Angelotti, Michael home page	Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, English/Literacy Education	General research interest is creative expression; Currently focused on visual-verbal interplay in mediums such as writing and painting; Related areas of literary response.	E-mail: mangelotti@ou.edu Phone: 325-1463
Ballard,Keith	Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Administration, Curriculum and Supervision	(TBA)	E-mail: Keith.E.Ballard@ou.edu Phone: 325-4202 OU-Tulsa Campus
Beach, Sally home page	Associate Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Reading/Literacy Education	Young children's sense of being literate and its relationship to their literacy development; Effective literacy practices in elementary classrooms Critical literacy Teacher development as literacy leaders	E-mail: sbeach@ou.edu Phone: 325-3590
Beesley, Denise home page	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology	School counselor/teacher training effectiveness School counselor/teacher influence on student achievement; Psychotherapy outcomes for children, adolescents Psychotherapy outcomes for children, adolescents Psychological correlates of obesity.	E-mail: denise.beesley-1@ou.edu Phone: 325-0984
Bradshaw, Amy home page	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Instructional Psychology and Technology	Advanced technologies in education; Web-based and web-supported instruction; Instructional multimedia development; Screen design, instructional design; Social implications of technology.	E-mail: bradshaw@ou.edu Phone: 325-1530
Brandes, Joyce	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Special Education	Behavior and classroom management; Autism and effective strategies for teaching literacy to students in this population; Preparation and supervision of pre-service special educators; Early intervention and transition.	E-mail: jbrandes@ou.edu Phone: 325-7936
Chiodo, John home page	Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Social Studies Education	Social studies curriculum and instruction; Analysis of teaching; Social studies instruction in other cultures; Research on teaching and coaching.	E-mail: jjchiodo@ou.edu Phone: 325-5317
Cintron, Rosa home page	Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education	Student affairs issues; College student personnel administration.	E-mail: rcintron@ou.edu Phone: 325-0549
Crowson, Michael	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Instructional Psychology and Technology	Moral development.	E-mail: mcrowson@ou.edu Phone: 325-8795
DeBacker, Teresa home page	Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Instructional Psychology and Technology	How social and academic goals impact children's and teens' motivation to learn; Development of children's social behavior and social understanding; Aspects of cooperative learning.	E-mail: debacker@ou.edu Phone: 325-1068
Dillon, Connie home page	Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education	Distance education issues.	E-mail: cdillon@ou.edu Phone: 325-5984
Dunn,Loraine home page	Associate Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Early Childhood Education	Child care quality and children's development; Professional preparation of child care staff; Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs; Longitudinal study of DHS tiered child care licensing.	E-mail: aldunn@ou.edu Phone: 325-1509
Fernando,Delini	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology	Counseling Supervision Issues; Multi-Cultural Counseling; Group Counseling.	E-mail: dfernando@ou.edu Phone: 325-3574
Fox,Robert	Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education	Instructional strategies in adult and higher education; Continuing professional education.	E-mail: rfox@ou.edu Phone: 325-2769
Frey, Melissa (Lisa) home page	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology	At-risk and delinquent girls Relationship development in women; Multicultural Issues; Cross-cultural counseling.	E-mail: melissa.frey-1@ou.edu Phone: 325-1503
Gardner, James Emmett home page	Professor, Educational Psychology, and Special Education	Instructional and assistive technology for students who have disabilities or are "at-risk" Grandparents of students with disabilities; Assessment in special education; Cognitive and affective factors affiliated with persons with disabilities.	E-mail: jgardner@ou.edu Phone: 325-1533
Garn, Gregg	Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Administration and Supervision	Professional development/ training/ education of charter U.S. district school teachers; Tobacco allocations of state-by-state plans.	E-mail: garn@ou.edu Phone: 325-6832
Ge, Xun home page	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Instructional Psychology and Technology	Designing and developing computer-supported learning environment; Scaffolding students' problem-solving processes in ill-structured tasks mediated with technology; Distributed cognition in online collaborative learning environment.	E-mail: xge@ou.edu Phone: 325-8418
Greene, Barbara A. home page	Chair, Department of Educational Psychology; Professor, Instructional Psychology and Technology	How different instructional environments affect the representation of incoming information and perceptions of the environment; Relationships among motivational and cognitive factors that affect learning; Motivational factors and learning with technology; Measurement of motivational constructs and research methodology.	E-mail: barbara@ou.edu Phone: 325-1534
Griffith, Priscilla home page	Department Chair & Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Reading/Literacy Education	Phonemic awareness; Reading acquisition Case method and writing instruction	E-mail: pgriffith@ou.edu Phone: 325-1498
Gutierrez, Debra	Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education	Community college administration; Diversity issues in higher education.	E-mail: gutierrez@ou.edu Phone: 325-7941
Hardre, Patricia home page	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Instructional Psychology and Technology	Motivation in education, rural education & rural secondary schools; Quality of undergraduate education and TA instructional development; Instructional design & delivery systems, design of learning environments, educational program evaluation, faculty productivity in higher education.	E-mail: hardre@ou.edu Phone: 325-8152
Haring, Kathryn A.	Professor, Educational Psychology, Special Education	Early literacy, relationships based interventions, family systems theory, and efficacy of early intervention.	E-mail: kharing@ou.edu Phone: 325-5404
Houser, Neil home page	Associate Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Social Studies Education	Arts-related approaches to Citizenship Education; Critical Citizenship Education; Global and Ecological Citizenship (Eco-citizenship); Self-Development and Social Interaction; Equity Education, Social Justice; Multicultural Education; Philosophy of Science; History: Ancient Greece, Medieval and Renaissance Europe, U.S. Colonial, Civil Rights era.;	E-mail: nhouser@ou.edu Phone: 325-1537
Jean-Marie,Gaetane	Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Administration, Curriculum and Supervision	Curriculum Issues; Special programs and services in schools.	E-mail: gjeanmarie@ou.edu Phone: 325-5976
Karpiak,Irene home page	Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education	Critical literature in adult & higher education; Continuing higher education Adult learning and development.	E-mail: ikarpiak@ou.edu Phone: 325-4072
Laird, Susan	Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Studies	Befriending Girls: Cultivating Gender-Sensitive Practical Wisdom through Multiple Educational Agency; Philosophy of education; Human relations.	E-mail: slaird@ou.edu Phone: 325-1085
Letcher, Mark	Assistant Professor, Instruc Leadership and Academic Curriculum	(TBA)	E-mail: mletcher@ou.edu Phone: 325-0543
Lovett, David L.	Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Special Education	Personnel preparation; Early intervention; Early literacy.	E-mail: dlovett@ou.edu Phone: 325-1507
Maiden, Jeff home page	Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Administration and Supervision	Education finance; The fiscal implications of education reform; The implications of fiscal reform.	E-mail: jmaiden@ou.edu Phone: 325-1524
Marek, Ed Home page	Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Science Education	The inquiry learning and teaching procedure known as the learning cycle in pre-K through graduate school; Misconceptions and preconceptions of science concepts; Assessment of understandings and misunderstandings of theory based science education.	E-mail: eamarek@ou.edu Phone: 325-1500/5723
Martin, James Home page	Zarrow Endowed Professor of Special Education, and Director of the Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment.	Self-determination; Transition of at risk youth from high school to employment and post-secondary education.	E-mail:  jemartin@ou.edu Phone: 325-8951
McKinney,Linda home page	Associate Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Elementary/Literacy Education	Elementary Education; Children's Literatue.	E-mail: ljmckinney@ou.edu Phone: 325-1499
McQuarrie, Frank home page	Associate Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Elementary Education	Training of staff development trainers for certified and classified staff members; University, school, agency and community partnerships focusing on better meeting the needs of children and families; Leadership and change.	E-mail: fomcquarrie@ou.edu Phone: 325-1523
Miller, Raymond B. home page	Professor, Educational Psychology, Instructional Psychology and Technology	The relationship between students' motivation and their engagement in instructional activities; Self-efficacy for the instructional tasks; Cognitive engagement variables.	E-mail: rmiller@ou.edu Phone: 325-1501
Newman,Jody L. home page	Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology	Psychological measurement (e.g., spirtuality,gender issues, sex differences in the relationship of anger and depression, career indecision, etc.); Ethics	E-mail: jlnewman@ou.edu Phone: 325-2871
Noley, Grayson	Department Chair & Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Director,American Indian Leadership in School Administration (AILSA)	Successful schools research; History of education, especially American Indian education.	E-mail: gnoley@ou.edu Phone: 325-1515
O'Hair, Mary John home page	Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Director, K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal (CECR)	Developing and sustaining interdisciplinary learning partnerships (particularly STEM education) designed to improve teaching, learning, and leading in kindergarten through graduate (K20) education.	E-mail: mjohair@ou.edu Phone: 325-1267
Ormsbee, Christine K.	Associate Dean of Teacher Education; Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Special Education	Social/emotional impact of student failure on teachers; Motivational issues for students with disabilities in inclusion.	E-mail: cormsbee@ou.edu Phone: 325-1275
Owens,Tom	Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Studies; Director, Al-Sharaka Program for Higher Education	International development and education	E-mail: towens@ou.edu Phone: 325-2447
Pace, Terry M. home page	Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology	Counseling outcome; Psychological assessment; Depression; Bio-psychological models; Ecological-environmental psychology; Health and pediatric psychology.	E-mail: tpace@ou.edu Phone: 325-1480
Pedersen,Jon	Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Science Education	Re-culturing of science education, 1950-2000.	E-mail: pedersenj@ou.edu Phone: 325-3533
Raburn, Randall	Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Education Administration, Curriculum and Supervision	(TBA)	E-mail: Randall.K.Raburn-1@ou.edu Phone: 325-4165
Rager, Kathleen home page	Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education	Training and development; Self-directed learning; Internet as a self-directed learning resource; Issues involved in conducting emotionally laden qualitative research.	E-mail: kbrager@ou.edu Phone: 325-0548
Reeder, Stacy home page	Assistant Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum	Mathematics Education curriculum and edagogy; Creating space for teachers and learners of mathematics; Emergent mathematcis curriculum; Listening as pedagogical practice.	E-mail: reeder@ou.edu Phone: 325-3533
Robbins, Rockey	Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology	Multi-cultural issues, research with American Indians; Post-modernist theory and application in counseling.	E-mail: rockey@ou.edu Phone: 325-8442
Rodgers,Debbie home page	Associate Dean for Student Services,Associate Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Early Childhood Education	Social aspects of learning; Autonomy; The Personal Practical theories of preservice teachers; Research on Teacher Education.	E-mail: dbrodgers@ou.edu Phone: 325-0446
Rossow, Lawrence	Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Administration, Curriculum and Supervision	School administration; Education & law.	E-mail: lfrossow@ou.edu Phone: 325-2930
Ruan, Jiening home page	Assistant Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Literacy/Reading Education	Cultural and linguistic aspects of literacy development; Student learning through on-line communication; Computer technology application in reading education.	E-mail: jruan@ou.edu Phone: 325-4204
Scherman, Avi home page	Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology	Looking at grandparent's involvement in the family during times of crisis; Crisis in the family, its impact on family members, and interventions and support systems facilitating coping with the situation.	E-mail: ascherman@ou.edu Phone: 325-1504
Smith,Joan home page	Professor & Dean, College of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Studies	Educational biography/ oral history/ narrative research; Feminist and minority issues in historical perspective; Educational issues in historical perspective; School culture using case study approaches	E-mail: jksmith@ou.edu Phone: 325-1081
Stoltenberg, Cal D. home page	Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology	Counselor supervision and training; Counseling processes and outcome research, especially from a social psychological perspective; Marriage and family issues.	E-mail: cstoltenberg@ou.edu Phone: 325-5977
Tan, David home page	Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education	Issues related to college students, finance, planning, and institutional research; Multiculturalism; Quality assessment in higher education.	E-mail: dtan@ou.edu Phone: 325-5986
Vaughn,Courtney	Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Studies.	History & sociology of education; Women’s studies.	E-mail: cavaughn@ou.edu Phone: 325-1518
Weber, Jerome home page	Regents' Professor of Education, (Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education), Human Relations and Health and Sports Sciences	Higher education administration; Intercollegiate athletic administration.	E-mail: jcweber@ou.edu Phone: 325-3629
Williams, Vicki	Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education	Student Personnel Services; Intercollegiate Athletics Administration.	E-mail: vwilliamsr@ou.edu Phone: 325-2712
Willner, Elizabeth home page	Assistant Professor, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, Elementary/Literacy Education	Reader response theory; Children's literature/ Reading engagement; Classroom library collections/ Reading engagement.	E-mail: ewillner@ou.edu Phone: 325-3534