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Interim Dean Michael Davis (from left), Dr. Whitney Newcomb and Faculty Organization President Dr. Loraine Stewart.
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Whitney S. Newcomb, Ed.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership.
Department of Foundations of Education to organize an advisory group to discuss needed changes and improvement for this doctoral track.
She joined the faculty in 2007 and is a prolific scholar.
At the school level, he developed a five-course online certificate program to address the needs of adult educators across the country who work in adult literacy. The program is the result of a collaborative planning initiative with the Virginia Department of Correctional Education, The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center in the School of Education, the Virginia Literacy Foundation and the READ Center.
Dr. Newcomb has published one book, four book chapters or monographs, 27 articles in international and national refereed journals — seven of which were published this year and four of which are in journals with acceptance rates of 11 percent or less. She produced 15 other scholarly publications and more than 50 presentations at national and international conferences. In addition, Dr. Newcomb has secured five grants. She received the Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence for the Outstanding Special Issue of 2011 for her work editing the issue ”Globalization: expanding horizons in women’s leadership” published in the Journal of Educational Administration. She also received the American Educational Research Association’s Leadership for Social Justice Special Interest Group Social Justice Award for 2011 for work that represents exemplary commitment to teaching that promotes social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in the field of educational administration. Ou t s t anding
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William R. Muth, Ph.D., is an associate professor of adult and adolescent literacy in the Department of Teaching and Learning. He joined the faculty in 2005. In addition to teaching and advising students, Dr. Muth provides considerable service to the school, university and community.
Interim Dean Michael Davis (from left), Dr. William Muth and Faculty Organization President Dr. Loraine Stewart.
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At the department level, he serves as the track coordinator and adviser for students in the Instructional Leadership track of the Ph.D. program. He reached out to faculty in his department and in the
On the local and national level, Dr. Muth has worked tirelessly in support of Hope House in Washington, D.C. Hope House is designed to make a difference in the lives of children of incarcerated fathers. Dr. Muth serves on its board of directors, and last summer he participated in its annual summer camp as he engaged in a research project.
Faculty Briefs Leila Christenbury, Ed.D., a Commonwealth Professor and interim chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning, was interviewed on Education Talk Radio about English teaching with the National Council of Teachers of English. Listen to the interview at http://www. blogtalkradio.com/edutalk/2011/06/08/ english-teaching-with-ncte. If you have a smartphone, scan the QR Code. William R. Muth, Ph.D., has been promoted to associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Loraine M. Stewart, Ed.D., an associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, has been elected to the National Council for the Social Studies Board of Directors. Kevin S. Sutherland, Ph.D., has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Special Education and Disability Policy and has been named co-editor of Behavioral Disorders: The Journal of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders.