Congratulations to our Graduates. We're very proud of all of you!
UK Paperweights in hand, Kudos to our recent EdD in EPE graduates who successfully defended and submitted their dissertations to the Graduate School the past couple of weeks:
Dr. Michelle Dykes
Dr. Amber Decker
Dr. Chris Phillips
Dr. Nancy Preston
Dr. Mike Quillen
Dr. Richard Roe
Dr. Ella Strong
And congratulations to our masters students who were successful in their final exams this term:
Hyelim Doo
Amanda Karls
Jennifer Haight Soltis
Reminder that Graduation is this FRIDAY afternoon...if you have the opportunity, come join us in cheering on our newest Alums!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Graduate Assistantship in Arts and Sciences
A&S is looking for a graduate student interested in a Graduate Assistantship in the Arts & Sciences Development Office. They are seeking someone to assist them in developing a new stewardship/donor recognition strategy along with other tasks related to fundraising, alumni relations, etc.
The candidate does not necessarily have to be focused on alumni relations to be qualified. This would be a great opportunity for someone who wants to learn more about this sector of higher education. On top of the development activities, there is great potential for research if the GA is so inclined. These projects can be both quantitative or qualitative in nature.
For more information contact:
J. Travis McDearmon, Ph.D.
Director of Annual Giving
Major Gift Officer
College of Arts & Sciences
205 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
859-257-4541 (Office)
859-494-4028 (Cell)
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Dissertation Fellowship
Dissertation Fellowships in Education Sponsor Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Description Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Invites Applications for Dissertation Fellowships in Education The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation<http://www.jkcf.org/> works to help high-achieving, low-income students - from middle school to graduate school - reach their full potential through education. The foundation created its dissertation fellowship program in 2010 to advance its understanding of the factors and contexts that help low-income students overcome personal adversity and challenging socioeconomic circumstances to excel academically. The foundation plans to use this knowledge to design programs and interventions that help more low-income students identified as high-achieving in their primary and secondary school years to sustain their achievement levels through college and beyond. The fellowships are intended to support doctoral students for work done after the successful defense of their dissertation proposals. Although applicants must be candidates for a doctoral degree at a graduate school in the United States, they need not be U.S. citizens. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to education, sociology, economics, psychology, statistics, and psychometrics. The fellowship is a one-time award of up to $25,000, which may be used for a period of not less than nine months and up to eighteen months. Four fellowships will be awarded. Complete program information and the application form are available at the Cooke Foundation Web site. http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/jack-kent-cooke-dissertation-fellowship-award/ Deadline: February 3, 2012 Link to Full Announcement http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=362300001 |
Friday, December 2, 2011
Summer employment/internship opportunity
The Wyman Teen Leadership Program is currently seeking summer staff members. Their program is a year-round, seven year leadership program for teens who are high potential, yet underserved. During the summer, they attend a 24 day residential experience at a 280 acre site in Eureka, MO. They are looking for positive role models to serve as staff to fill a wide variety of engaging job positions for the summer of 2012, including general cabin counselors (group leaders), supervisory staff (team leaders), and our wilderness trek staff. They offer paid internship and fieldwork opportunities. Summer programming includes a wide variety of topics, including community service, teambuilding and college prep, as well as traditional summer camp activities like hiking, arts and crafts, and canoeing.
For more information visit http://wymancenter.org.
Questions should be directed toward Jillian Rose at jillian.rose@wymancenter.org or at (636) 549-1280.
For more information visit http://wymancenter.org.
Questions should be directed toward Jillian Rose at jillian.rose@wymancenter.org or at (636) 549-1280.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
End of Semester Grad Student Happy Hour
EPE Graduate Students,
I hope all is well as the end of the semester "crunch time" approaches! In order to ease your stress, the EPE student group will be meeting for an end of the year Happy Hour. The event will be held at Pazzo's(the location is within walking distance for those on campus) from 5:30 - 7:30 on Thursday, December 8th. Pazzo's serves food, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages.
I urge all to attend this event. If you have questions, my email is below!
Event: Happy Hour
Location: Pazzo's
Date: December 8th
Eric Snyder
Eric.Snyder22@uky.edu
I hope all is well as the end of the semester "crunch time" approaches! In order to ease your stress, the EPE student group will be meeting for an end of the year Happy Hour. The event will be held at Pazzo's(the location is within walking distance for those on campus) from 5:30 - 7:30 on Thursday, December 8th. Pazzo's serves food, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages.
I urge all to attend this event. If you have questions, my email is below!
Event: Happy Hour
Location: Pazzo's
Date: December 8th
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm (Stop in any time)
DirectionsEric Snyder
Eric.Snyder22@uky.edu
Analyze This: UK Stats Lab Open for Business
FYI: The university has just announced the opening of the Applied Statistics Lab. This lab, staffed by the departments of Statistics and Biostatistics will provide FREE quantitative statistical consulting to faculty and graduate students. The article describing this new service can be found at
http://uknow.uky.edu/content/analyze-uk-stats-lab-open-business#.Tte27Ec-TRY.mailto
Monday, November 28, 2011
New Course for Spring 2012
Spring 2012
ANT 770: Anthropology of Youth
Mondays 1-3:30pm
Instructor: Kristin Monroe
Historically, anthropology’s interest in children and youth focused on cultural development—the ways in which culture is transmitted to younger people— and thus attended mainly to rites of passage, the development of gender roles, liminality, and, in general, the transition from childhood into adulthood. More recently, anthropologists have begun to consider more closely the perspectives of youth and the specific challenges they face. Conceiving of young people as cultural agents, rather than as ‘recipients’ of culture, cultural anthropologists in recent decades have looked closely at their lives and experiences. This course delves into both the historical and recent anthropological literature on youth, as well as critical social theory, in order to demonstrate the diverse approaches one can take in studying and representing youth as well as the unique methodological issues raised by undertaking research with this social group. We will consider recent ethnographic recent work about children and youth in relation to a range of topics including media and consumption, language, music, style, human rights, race and ethnicity, and queer studies.
Another Spring TA Position
New Graduate Assistantship Available in UKIT!
UK Information Technology seeks a qualified, full-time MA or PhD student for a graduate assistantship in the Academic Technology Group. The graduate assistant will be a leading member of the Blackboard Scholars team, a student group that provides training and support to faculty who use campus learning systems, including Blackboard, Adobe Connect, Echo360, TurningPoint clickers, and iTunes U.
Duties will include working closely with ATG staff to help schedule, train, and supervise the Scholars, assisting faculty in the use of a variety of educational technology tools, and helping design and teach faculty workshops. The GA will be expected to develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with staff members in ATG's campus partners and to coach the Scholars in pedagogical "best practices" for effective educational technology use. He or she may also be expected to attend and/or give occasional presentations on topics related to education or technology.
The ideal candidate will:
have a strong background in education, communication, information science, curriculum design, or a related field;
have experience in teaching, team leadership, and/or technology support;
be familiar with at least two of the learning systems in use at UK;
have excellent speaking, writing, and interpersonal skills; and
be proactive, self-motivated, and communicative in regards to work-related activities.
This is an one-semester full assistantship beginning in January 2012 and renewable for the 2012-2013 school year. The position requires an average of 20 hours/week primarily scheduled during business hours (M-F 8-5) and the occasional early evening. Compensation includes a tuition scholarship, health insurance, and $240/week stipend. Summer hours will be available and compensated at $12/hour.
The selection process will be competitive. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and be in good academic standing with their respective department and if hired, must maintain this status throughout their employment as a GA. For further information about compensation or eligibility, visit http://www.research.uky.
For full consideration, a cover letter and CV must be included with the UK online employment application. Submission of additional documents, such as a letter of recommendation or sample of previous work, is encouraged, but not required.
To apply, please visit http://ukjobs.uky.edu/
Duties will include working closely with ATG staff to help schedule, train, and supervise the Scholars, assisting faculty in the use of a variety of educational technology tools, and helping design and teach faculty workshops. The GA will be expected to develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with staff members in ATG's campus partners and to coach the Scholars in pedagogical "best practices" for effective educational technology use. He or she may also be expected to attend and/or give occasional presentations on topics related to education or technology.
The ideal candidate will:
have a strong background in education, communication, information science, curriculum design, or a related field;
have experience in teaching, team leadership, and/or technology support;
be familiar with at least two of the learning systems in use at UK;
have excellent speaking, writing, and interpersonal skills; and
be proactive, self-motivated, and communicative in regards to work-related activities.
This is an one-semester full assistantship beginning in January 2012 and renewable for the 2012-2013 school year. The position requires an average of 20 hours/week primarily scheduled during business hours (M-F 8-5) and the occasional early evening. Compensation includes a tuition scholarship, health insurance, and $240/week stipend. Summer hours will be available and compensated at $12/hour.
The selection process will be competitive. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and be in good academic standing with their respective department and if hired, must maintain this status throughout their employment as a GA. For further information about compensation or eligibility, visit http://www.research.uky.
For full consideration, a cover letter and CV must be included with the UK online employment application. Submission of additional documents, such as a letter of recommendation or sample of previous work, is encouraged, but not required.
To apply, please visit http://ukjobs.uky.edu/
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
TA Position Available This Spring!
We have an opening for a half-time teaching assistant this spring to teach one section of EPE301.
EPE 301 explores the context of teaching and learning in American society, both within and outside of the classroom. EPE 301 critically examines different perspectives on education and culture, explores anxieties and aspirations about schools, the ways popular culture influences schooling, and the impact of race, class, gender, ethnic, and regional dynamics, both past and present, on teaching and learning. EPE 301 considers what roles schools play in constructing and perpetuating both inequalities and opportunities as well as the specific dimensions and practices of schools which marginalize or privilege particular groups of people.
Students interested in this teaching opportunity should contact Dr. Alan DeYoung (ajdey@coe.uky.edu) as soon as possible. Decisions will need to be made quickly to prepare for January start.
EPE 301 explores the context of teaching and learning in American society, both within and outside of the classroom. EPE 301 critically examines different perspectives on education and culture, explores anxieties and aspirations about schools, the ways popular culture influences schooling, and the impact of race, class, gender, ethnic, and regional dynamics, both past and present, on teaching and learning. EPE 301 considers what roles schools play in constructing and perpetuating both inequalities and opportunities as well as the specific dimensions and practices of schools which marginalize or privilege particular groups of people.
Students interested in this teaching opportunity should contact Dr. Alan DeYoung (ajdey@coe.uky.edu) as soon as possible. Decisions will need to be made quickly to prepare for January start.
KUDOS!
Congratulations to John Thelin, who was awarded the Association for the Study of Higher Education's (ASHE) 2011 Research Achievement Award this past week at ASHE's annual conference in Charlotte, N.C. This award, as described by ASHE, is "presented presented for outstanding contribution to research to an individual whose published work (theoretical, empirical or applied) advances understanding of higher education in a significant way. The Research Achievement Award may acknowledge a body of research or a single piece of meritorious research."
Congrats as well to Dr. Nikki Knutson (SHED) on her successful defense last week.
And Kudos to Leslie Woltenberg (SHED) on her successful qualifying exam yesterday.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Congrats as well to Dr. Nikki Knutson (SHED) on her successful defense last week.
And Kudos to Leslie Woltenberg (SHED) on her successful qualifying exam yesterday.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
“Chinese Education in a Changing Society”
UK Confucius Institute Speaker Series presents “Chinese Education in a Changing Society” by Professor Wang Juefei.
Time: 3:00pm, Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Place: Young Library
Dr. Juefei Wang is Professor of Education Emeritus of the University of Vermont and Program Director of the Freeman Foundation. He founded the University of Vermont Asian Studies Outreach Program and served as its director for 14 years. In that role he created a statewide program for Asian studies in schools in Vermont, organized more than 1,000 teachers, school administrators, and high school and college students to visit China, Japan, and Thailand, and assisted Vermont schools in offering content on Asia. In 2003, the program received the inaugural Prize for Excellence in International Education from Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Asia Society. Dr. Wang has published extensively in international education and comparative education, and has made presentations on American and Chinese education nationally and internationally. He received his M.Ed. in comparative education at Beijing Normal University, and M. Ed. in Foundational Studies of Education and Ed. D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Vermont.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The latest issue of "On Campus with Women", AAC&U's newsletter
for their women's group, has several interesting articles. http://www.aacu.org/ocww/volume40_2/contents.cfm Articles include:
Gender in Global Context: A Programmatic Model
Amy Jamison, Lisa Fine, and Anne Ferguson
The Long Trajectory toward Global Women's Studies
Karen Torjesen
Women and Education in the Early Twenty-First Century: A Global Perspective
Nelly P. Stromquis
Collaborating across Disciplines on Global Women's Education
Susan Bourque and Rosetta Marantz Cohen
Mentoring Appalachia's Future Women Leaders
Shea Daniels Thanks to Randolph Hollingsworth for calling this issue to attention.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Faculty Position in Higher Education at University of Louisville
Education and Human Development
Department of Leadership, Foundations, Human Resource Education
Tenure or tenure track faculty position in Higher Education Administration, open rank
The Department of Leadership, Foundations and Human Resource Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville invites applications for a tenure or tenure track faculty position in Higher Education Administration.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Appointments are for ten-month periods with the option of summer employment. Responsibilities include teaching graduate courses (both on campus and on-line), advising, conducting research, seeking grant funding, participating in ongoing program development and governance, mentoring doctoral students through the completion of dissertations, and providing service to the college, university, professional associations and discipline-related community partners.
We seek individuals with research interests and professional experience in higher education administration and policy. Successful applicants should have teaching and research interests in two or more following areas: educational resource management, educational leadership, and history of American colleges and universities. This program focuses on the study of colleges and universities as organizations and is not a student affairs program.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Doctoral degree in Higher Education or a closely related field (outstanding ABDs
considered, if completing degree by August 2012)
• Demonstrated success or the potential for success in teaching in the classroom and online
courses in the field of higher education
• Demonstrated excellence in scholarly research at the national or international level or a
promising program of research in the areas listed above
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and students from multicultural communities and
backgrounds
• Evidence of successful partnership experiences in diverse settings
• Willingness to work collaboratively with other faculty, students, and staff.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Associate or Professor level candidate preferred
• Demonstrated successful history of grant writing and grant-funded research (preferred)
Higher Education Administration Search Committee
C/o Dr. Bridgette Pregliasco
Department of Leadership, Foundations and Human Resource Education
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292
(502) 852-4563 FAX
Email: bridgette.pregliasco@louisville.edu
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Lecture: "Blackout: LGBT issues and the Black Community"
Title of Talk: Gay is NOT the new Black: The Consequences of Essentializing Race and Sexual Orientation
Dr. Kaila Story
Tuesday, November 15, 6pm
MLK Cultural Center, UK Abstract: The recent popularized rhetoric that the LGTBQ’s community pursuit of civil liberties in many ways mirrors African Americans past and current struggles for freedom is not only a negation of how these two movements emerged and fought for freedom, but it also has dire consequences for grassroots or collegial attempts at reconciling issues of white racism within the queer community and combatting internalized homophobia within both communities. Many of the issues that eroded the relationships between various gay and lesbian organizations in early 50s and 60s are still very much present within communities today. White racism, male sexism, and homophobia have proved to many LGBTQ people of color that their struggle for social justice would have to be made in a unique and separate way. This talk, will discuss the sordid history of LGTBQ rights in the United States, racism within the LGBTQ community, and ideas for the ways in which communities of color that exist within LGBTQ community can come together in the pursuit of justice and freedom. Kaila Adia Story, Bio (Ph.D., African American Studies & Women’s Studies Temple University M.A., African American Studies Temple University; B.A. Women’s Studies DePaul University) is an assistant professor and currently holds the Audre Lorde Chair in Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in the Departments of Women’s & Gender Studies & Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville. Dr. Story has created and taught courses such as Black Lesbian Lives, Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, Black Feminisms in Action, Queer Perspectives in Literature and Film, and helped aid in the new LGBTQ Studies minor at U of L. Dr. Story’s publications center around conceptions of embodiment, race, gender, class, and sexualities.
"Precious Knowledge" film premiere Nov 9
Excerpted from Nov 8 Lexington Herald Leader:
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center presents the local premiere of “Precious Knowledge” with Lexington resident and filmmaker Eren Isabel McGinnis at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Worsham Theatre in the Student Center. McGinnis will take questions from the audience following the screening. Admission is free.
McGinnis’ documentary, “Precious Knowledge,” interweaves the stories of students in the Mexican American Studies Program at Tucson High School. The filmmakers spent an entire year in the classroom filming this innovative social justice curriculum, documenting the transformative impact on students who become engaged, informed and active in their communities. While 48 percent of Mexican-American students currently drop out of high school, Tucson High’s Mexican American Studies Program has become a national model of educational success, with 93 percent of enrolled students graduating from high school (average over five years) and 85 percent going on to attend college.
“Precious Knowledge” is particularly timely as anti-immigration legislation is being enacted, considered or debated in Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Utah, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Colorado and other states.
In addition to other legislation, Arizona lawmakers passed a bill giving unilateral power to the state school superintendent to abolish ethnic studies classes. “Precious Knowledge” provides an insider’s perspective to the historic battle over civil rights as Tucson High students and teachers fight to save their classes as well as what they believe is the future of public education for the entire nation as the Latino demographic continues to grow. “Precious Knowledge” dramatically illustrates what motivates high school teachers and students to form the front line of an epic civil rights battle.
This screening of “Precious Knowledge” is co-sponsored by the UK Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center, the Kentucky Dream Coalition, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College's Office of Hispanic Outreach and Services. “Precious Knowledge” is a co-production of Dos Vatos Productions, the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Arizona Public Media, and Latino Public Broadcasting, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
McGinnis and co-producer Ari Luis Palos began working together in the tobacco fields of Kentucky during the production of “Tobacco Blues,” starring Kentucky native Harry Dean Stanton. While living in Oaxaca, México, they worked together to produce the soundtracks of their Global Voices and True Stories PBS series hit show “Beyond the Border.” Developing their continued interest in documenting civil rights battles, the wellspring of activism in Arizona lured them to Tucson, where they currently reside.
For more information about the Lexington premiere of “Precious Knowledge” at the University of Kentucky, contact Clarice Bales at preciousknowledgefilm@gmail.com or (520) 971-9886.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center presents the local premiere of “Precious Knowledge” with Lexington resident and filmmaker Eren Isabel McGinnis at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Worsham Theatre in the Student Center. McGinnis will take questions from the audience following the screening. Admission is free.
McGinnis’ documentary, “Precious Knowledge,” interweaves the stories of students in the Mexican American Studies Program at Tucson High School. The filmmakers spent an entire year in the classroom filming this innovative social justice curriculum, documenting the transformative impact on students who become engaged, informed and active in their communities. While 48 percent of Mexican-American students currently drop out of high school, Tucson High’s Mexican American Studies Program has become a national model of educational success, with 93 percent of enrolled students graduating from high school (average over five years) and 85 percent going on to attend college.
“Precious Knowledge” is particularly timely as anti-immigration legislation is being enacted, considered or debated in Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Utah, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Colorado and other states.
In addition to other legislation, Arizona lawmakers passed a bill giving unilateral power to the state school superintendent to abolish ethnic studies classes. “Precious Knowledge” provides an insider’s perspective to the historic battle over civil rights as Tucson High students and teachers fight to save their classes as well as what they believe is the future of public education for the entire nation as the Latino demographic continues to grow. “Precious Knowledge” dramatically illustrates what motivates high school teachers and students to form the front line of an epic civil rights battle.
This screening of “Precious Knowledge” is co-sponsored by the UK Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center, the Kentucky Dream Coalition, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College's Office of Hispanic Outreach and Services. “Precious Knowledge” is a co-production of Dos Vatos Productions, the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Arizona Public Media, and Latino Public Broadcasting, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
McGinnis and co-producer Ari Luis Palos began working together in the tobacco fields of Kentucky during the production of “Tobacco Blues,” starring Kentucky native Harry Dean Stanton. While living in Oaxaca, México, they worked together to produce the soundtracks of their Global Voices and True Stories PBS series hit show “Beyond the Border.” Developing their continued interest in documenting civil rights battles, the wellspring of activism in Arizona lured them to Tucson, where they currently reside.
For more information about the Lexington premiere of “Precious Knowledge” at the University of Kentucky, contact Clarice Bales at preciousknowledgefilm@gmail.com or (520) 971-9886.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Upcoming EndNote Workshops
From Brad Carrington, Education Library:
EndNote version X5 is available from UK Download and it's free for students and employees. The version for Mac was just made available. The EndNote software helps you to manage your references to articles, books, etc., and it helps to format your citations for your papers and annotated bibliographies.
Log in with your LinkBlue ID and PW.
I'm giving two EndNote workshops in TEB140. Drop in if you can. Bring your laptops and I can help with the EndNote set-up. Please share this message with your students.
-- Monday Nov. 21 from 2:30-4
-- Thursday Dec. 1 from 2:30-4
-- Monday Nov. 21 from 2:30-4
-- Thursday Dec. 1 from 2:30-4
History Course for Spring 2012
Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30-4:45
HIS 510 – Medieval Law
An Adventure in the “deep history” of modern western legal thought!
This course explores the variety of legal systems operating in medieval Europe, and connects those legal systems to changing social, religious, cultural, and political contexts. We consider the impact of the dissolution of the western Roman empire on the development of law, and study the survival of Roman forms of legal analysis after the fourth century. We examine the law codes known as “barbarian” law; we also look at other emerging forms of secular law, from the municipal to the royal, with particular attention to the Continental “ius commune” and the English Common Law. We study the formation of religious legislation, and consider the debates over the relative authority of different sources of legislation, such as Scripture, councils, popes, theologians, and academic jurists. To see how the medieval legal environment was actually experienced, we read accounts of trials and other legal processes. The course shows the extent to which modern legal thought is deeply indebted, in surprising ways, to the principles and constructs of a thousand years of legal experimentation and formation of long-standing traditions.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Knutson Defense
Nichole Knutson
Dissertation Defense
109 Dickey Hall (Faculty Lounge)
2-4 on Wednesday, November 16th
APPLYING THE RASCH MODEL TO MEASURE AND COMPARE FIRST-GENERATION AND CONTINUING-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY
Students who are the first in their families to attend college are less likely to earn a college degree as compared to their continuing-generation peers. In efforts to increase college graduation rates for first-generation college students, support programs designed to assist first-generation college students are increasing in numbers. These first-generation programs are relying on existing research to build effective curriculums. Even though an extensive body of literature exists in the fields of self-efficacy and first-generation college students, research investigating the self-efficacy of first-generation college students are extremely limited. The research is further limited when examining academic self-efficacy and generational status. The purpose of this study is to investigate if parental levels of education affect college students’ self-reported levels of academic self-efficacy. The following research questions guided this study: 1) Do survey response hierarchies differ between first-generation college students and their continuing-generation counterparts on a scale that measures academic self-efficacy?, 2) Do levels of item endorsability vary based upon parental levels of education? and 3) Do the results produced from the college student survey support the existing literature on first-generation college students and academic-self-efficacy? Quality control indicators were utilized to assess the soundness of the instrument and to ensure that the rating scale functioned appropriately. Variable maps were used to compare and contrast student responses and item hierarchies. Pairwise differential item functioning (DIF) was used to examine item endorsability based upon levels of parental education. Results encourage practitioners to be mindful of the importance of data-informed decision making.
** All are welcome to attend. If you have questions about attending, contact the dissertation chair, Kelly Bradley at kdbrad2@uky.edu
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Visiting Scholar
Next week, Gochmyrat Gutlyyev, a CEC ArtsLink Fellow visiting Appalshop from Turkmenistan, will be visiting UK for a couple of days. He would like to meet with other writers, storytellers and bloggers while he is hosted by the Appalachian Center Thursday and Friday, Nov. 10 and 11. (He will be attending the Appalachian music concert on Friday, of course.) I am copying the CEC ArtsLink Fellows page for Gochmyrat here. Please email Ann Kingsolver at ann.kingsolver@uky.edu if you would like to meet him during his visit.
GOCHMYRAT GUTLYYEV, TURKMENISTAN
Host: Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY
Host: Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY
Artist—Gutlyyev collects and performs Turkmen stories as a folktale narrator, writer and blogger. Living in a multinational town that borders Afghanistan, he also investigates the ethnographical aspects of interactions between people of different cultural backgrounds. In his conversational style, he has begun to chronicle stories of Turkmen life and culture in literary form as short stories and essays, and more recently a blog. He hopes to expand his writing into a book-length work and would like to participate in discussions, meetings, classes and other events with US folklorists, writers and bloggers.
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