COE - Key Persons
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- Urban Education and Critical Race Studies
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- Research Associate - Center for Health & Community Impact
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- Secretary IV, Kinesiology, Health & Sport Studies
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- Assistant Professor of Special Education Affiliated Faculty Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute ( MI - DDI )
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- Director, COE Upward Bound Program
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Reading, Language, and Literature
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- Assistant Professor of Community Health
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- Assistant Professor of Teaching and Coordinator of Visual Arts Education Curriculum Instructional Coach
- Teaching and Coordinator of Visual Arts Education Curriculum Instructional Coach
- WSU Professor
Dr. Anita Bates is a native of Highland Park, Michigan and a 2019 Kresge Arts Fellow. She is an educator and noted contemporary artist, who has exhibited in several venues including the G.R. N'Namdi Gallery; Dell Pryor Gallery; Detroit Artists Market; The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, River's Edge Gallery in Wyandotte, Michigan; Querini Stampalia Museum in Venice, Italy; A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery in New York, NY and the Trout Museum of Art in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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- Professor of Education Evaluation and Research
Anna G. Miller, M.Ed, is an associate professor in teaching in Early Childhood Education for the Teacher Education Division of the College of Education. She is the Executive Director of the College of Education Early Childhood Center and the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute Early Childhood Center, the two preschool programs located on Wayne State University's campus. Anna has worked with young children and their families in the Detroit area for over 35 years. She is the PI on the Michigan Department of Education Great Start Readiness Program Grant and the U.S. Department of Education Child Care Means Parents in School Grant. In service to the community and the state, Anna serves on several committees related to young children and provides professional development to early childhood programs.
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- Professor of Mathematics Education
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- Secretary II, Kinesiology, Health & Sport Studies
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- Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Research Faculty for the Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research
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- Academic Advisor / Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Education Division
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- Professor of Physical Education and Physical Activity Leadership
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) - Health and Physical Education
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- Program Coordinator and Associate Professor ( Teaching ) of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
- Program Coordinator and Lecturer in the Educational Leadership
Carla Harting, Ph.D., is the Program Coordinator and Lecturer in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies program. Her background includes 42 years in public education. She worked as a Special Education teacher, Teacher Consultant, Director of Special Education and retired from public education after completing her career as Superintendent of Wyandotte Public Schools. Her focus includes working with both General and Special Education Administrators to gain certification and approval.
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- Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor of Science Education
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- Professor at Wayne State University
- Professor, College of Education Center for Health and Community Impact ( CHCI )
Professor, College of Education; Center for Health and Community Impact (CHCI)
313-577-1670
c.somers@wayne.edu, ae8865@wayne.edu
313-577-5235 (fax)
Office Hours: Varies by semester--Please email me to make an appointment.
267 Matthaei and 315 College of Education
Dr. Somers is a Professor at Wayne State University. She started at WSU in 1998 and was at Eastern Illinois University for 2 years before that. Her academic training and clinical expertise is in school psychology and counseling psychology and she has trained school and counseling psychologists her whole career, advising extensively at both the master's and doctoral levels. She holds Michigan credentials as a Licensed Psychologist and a certified School Psychologist. Her current work over the past decade is heavily focused on Community Health and the application of mental health to the broader context o health within our Detroit communities and beyond.
Her research and community outreach work is conducted within the Center for Health and Community Impact (CHCI), also at Wayne State. Her research has long been collaborative and interdisciplinary, focused on contextual (e.g., family, peer, school, media, other) predictors of social and emotional development, academic achievement, and physical and sexual health, including interventions for reducing or avoiding unhealthy risk behaviors and improving health and wellness outcomes, with an emphasis on vulnerable youth, including those of low income and economic marginalization (LIEM) backgrounds. Health and wellness equity is of central focus, as is understanding social and structural determinants of health and wellness inequities.
Dr. Somers has a strong emphasis on collaborative and interdisciplinary research with others, through which varying lenses and vantage points contribute to rich perspectives on human developmental research. Her studies primarily involve basic inferential research as well as evaluation of interventions, with some qualitative methodologies employed as well.
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- Instructor - Teaching of Sport Management and Administration
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- Bilingual and Bicultural Education
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- Early Childhood Special Education
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- HR Consultant, College of Education
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- Student Records Clerk Sr., Academic Services
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- Academic Services Officer III
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- Baszile Dean, College of Education
- Dean, College of Education
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- Professor of Educational Evaluation and Research
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- Communications / Webmaster. Office of the Dean
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Educational Psychology, Clinical Supervisor, and Director of MHaWC
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- Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
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- Internships / Community Engagement, Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies
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- Associate Professor ( Teaching ) of Mathematics Education
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- Bilingual and Bicultural Education for American Sign Language
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- Assistant Professor for Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
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- Associate Professor at the University of Hawai‘I at Mānoa and CHCI Researcher
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- Adjunct Faculty - Physical Education
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- Budget Analyst II, Office of the Dean
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- Academic Services Officer IV, Part - Time Faculty for Kinesiology, Health & Sport Studies
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- Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
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- Research Associate and Manager, Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies
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- Associate Professor, Coordinator of Art Therapy
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Education Evaluation and Research
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- Education Evaluation and Research and Program Coordinator
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- Associate Professor of Community Health
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- Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology
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- Academic Services Officer II ( Graduate )
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- Professor of Mathematics Education and Director of TeachDETROIT
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- Contract Administrator
- Grant and Contract Administrator, Grant & Contract Support Services for the Office of Research
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- Outreach Specialist for Teacher Education Division
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- Counselor Assistant I, COE Upward Bound Program
- University Counselor Assistant I, COE Upward Bound Program
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- Senior Grant and Contract Administrator, Grant & Contract Support Services for the Office of Research
Office Hours: Please contact me directly to schedule a time to meet.
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- Assistant Director of Educational Partnerships and Experiences, Teacher Education Division
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Art Therapy and Counselor Education
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- Director, Office of Research
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- Academic Services Officer I
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- Data Manager, Office of the Dean
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Exercise and Sport Science
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- Associate Professor of Reading, Language and Literature
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- Professor of Reading, Language, and Literature
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Educational Technology
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- Professor of Learning Design and Technology
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- Associate Professor ( Teaching ) of Education Evaluation and Research
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- Executive Assistant to the Dean
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- Associate Professor ( Teaching ) of Applied Behavior Analysis
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- Associate Professor ( Teaching ) and Program Coordinator Lifestyle Fitness Activities
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- Academic Services Officer III ( Undergraduate )
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- Academic Services Officer
- Services Officer II in the College of Education Receives Academic Recognition in Academic Staff Awards from the President 's Office and the Office of the Provost
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- Secretary I, COE Upward Bound Program
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- Assistant Professor ( Clinical ) and Program Coordinator of Sport Management and Administration
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- Program Coordinator, Health and Physical Education
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- Secretary IV, Theoretical / Behavioral Foundations
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- Director, Educational Partnerships and Experiences, Teacher Education Division
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- Teaching and Interim Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Linda Jiménez earned a Ph.D. in Learning Design and Technology. She has a Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology as well as a Master of Education in Kinesiology from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Biography
Linda Jiménez has over 25 years of teaching experience in higher education and has earned several certifications and badges to demonstrate skills and strive for continuous improvement to remain relevant. She has managed numerous departmental and college-wide projects while promoting a diverse and inclusive team culture. Leading program improvements to obtain accreditations and endorsements for three academic programs, she has been instrumental in significantly improving the efficiency of student-centered processes. These processes included implementing systems to leverage resources and strategies that address the diverse needs of students and adult learner populations.
Her service involvements include Latinx Faculty and Staff Association Executive Board member and Academic Policy and Research Officer, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council representative from the College of Education, Wayne Academic Union Teaching Faculty Committee Executive Board member, and the Office of Teaching and Learning's Teaching Circle on Representation, Equity, Accessibility, and Justice. As the former Chair of the College of Education's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Justice Committee, she now serves as the Interim Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her civic involvements have included serving as a Trustee for the Henry Ford Health System Community Care board and the first Hispanic board member appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm to serve on the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and the Michigan Fitness Foundation.
In 2005, she founded her corporation and was the President/CEO of VIDA Enterprise, Inc., a business consulting and coaching company. As a bilingual serial entrepreneur, she served as an executive team member and principal within other companies to assist with strategic planning and business development. As a former federal grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education, she has extensive experience facilitating creative partnerships between large institutions to secure capital and federal funding. Linda was a DTX Launch business coach with TechTown Detroit, helping clients from start-ups to acquisitions. In 1997, she founded Get Active Detroit, a 501(c)(3) organization as an affiliate of the Michigan Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports. In 1999, she founded a second 501(c)(3) organization, Detroit After-School All-Stars, as the Detroit chapter of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Youth Foundation. She secured over three million in funding through grants, sponsorships, and fundraising events during her tenure as executive director of these organizations.
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- Director, Business Affairs for the Office of the Dean
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- Assistant Professor ( Clinical ) of Bilingual and Bicultural Education
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- Associate Professor ( Teaching ) of Teacher Education
- Associate Professor of Teaching
Lori Lucas is an Associate Professor of Teaching. Her responsibilities include teaching the following courses:
Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI M.A. in Community Counseling, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Licensed Professional Counselor, State of Michigan Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Approved Clinical Supervisor Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Beck Institute Integrative Mindfulness in CBT, Beck Institute Area of Expertise Cultural Competency Training, Trauma and PTSD, Refugees Mental Health, Cognitive Behavior Therapy Presentations "Addresing the Complex and Diverse Needs of the Syrian Refugees in Michigan; A Comprehensive Approach" University of Michigan "The Impact of Trauma on Adults Learning" MITESOIL Conference, Grand Valley State University, MI "The Effect of Trauma on Adolescent Developmemnt" MITESOIL Conference, Grand Valley State University, MI "The Impact of Trauma on Learning" "Trauma and the Experience of Migration"
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- Professor of Health and Physical Education
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Exercise and Sport Science
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- Academic Services Officer IV ( Graduate )
Dr. Waker is an Academic Services Officer in Academic Services in the College of Education at Wayne State University. She coordinates admissions for Master of Arts in Teaching, Education Specialists programs, and doctoral programs. She also coordinates Master's Orientations and the annual Education Job Fair. Coordinator of special admission programs for pathways, Arabic and Chinese certification programs and updating of curriculum guides for graduate programs. She is a Fellow in the university's Academic Leadership Academy where she is involved in digital badges and micro-credentialling initiatives for the college. Her doctorate is in Instructional Technology.
Dr. Waker is past president of the Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (COATT) and the PI on the federal Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology (PT3) grant. She currently is on the Board of Directors for the Community Telecommunications Network (CTN) and was on the university's Campus Technology Leaders Council and Academic Technology Advisory Committee. She is an active member of the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL).
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- Assistant Professor of Learning Design and Technology
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- Program Specialist, Academic Services
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Approve Plans of Work for Graduate Certificates, Education Specialist Certificates, and Masters programs
Graduate Auditor: Process graduate degrees and certificates for graduation and letters of completion
Prepare Graduate Commencement information
Assist with Doctoral Student Services and the Doctoral Orientation
Review initial course proposals and assist with curriculum activities
Biography
Michael Foley began working at the College of Education in 2001. He enjoys working with students, staff, and faculty to solve issues and enhance the Academic Experiance for everyone.
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- Associate Professor of Comparative and International Education & Social Studies Education
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- Professor of Learning Design and Technology
Dr. Tracey is a Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the Administrative and Organizational Division in the College of Education. She teaches graduate courses, advises graduate and doctoral students and serves as the major advisor and committee member on doctoral committees. Her teaching and research focuses on theory and design research of interdisciplinary design including cultivating designer professional identity,designing for the audience, moment of use, and empathic design.
Dr. Tracey is a passionate human centered design leader, skilled in empathic design, engaged in research and education, to design innovative interventions. She has in-depth experience in qualitative research, interdisciplinary design team management, creating innovative design solutions, and is a published thought leader. She is successful in building trusted relationships with executives, teams, vendors, and clients.
She has worked for over 35 years in design and on numerous design projects. Her work includes designing internationally and across disciplines. She has served as a consultant in design and performance improvement for numerous fortune 500 companies designing and implementing programs in leadership development, sexual harassment and assault, strategic planning and team development and execution.
Dr. Tracey has secured over $2,059,204.00 in funding from the National Institutes of Health, Michigan Department of Community Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Gulf State Reality. She has been funded to conduct interdisciplinary research with the School of Medicine and cross-cultural research in Dubai, U.A.E. She has held key leadership positions in International Associations including serving as a board member for the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, and the on its foundation board. Tracey currently serves as a Board Trustee for Boise State University's Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning Board. She has served on editorial boards for Educational Technology Research and Development and was a guest editor for a special edition on ethics. Sharing her expertise in design, she serves on the board for the International Journal of Designs for Learning.
Tracey, M.W. & Gryzbyk, T. (2014). A blended learning program for parents: A design-based research case, Journal of Designs for Learning.
Tracey, M.W. & Unger, K.L. (2011). A design-based resaerch case study documenting a constructivist ID process and instructional solution for a cross-cultural workforce, Instructional Science.
Tracey, M.W. (2009). Using the definition as a compass to teach backgrounds, issues and trends, Tech Trends.
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- Associate Professor ( Teaching ) of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
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- Assistant
- Director
- Professor and Assistant Dean of Division of Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies Director, Center for Health and Community Impact
Nate McCaughtry, assistant dean of KHS and director of Center for Health and Community Impact discussed the Community Health Worker Academy on WWJ•950 Newsradio
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- Professor and Assistant Dean, Teacher Education Division
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- Associate Professor of Community Health
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- Accounting Specialist, Office of the Dean
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) and Program Coordinator of Exercise and Sport Science
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- Assistant Dean of Academic Services
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- Assistant Professor of Lifestyle Fitness Activities
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- Professor of Reading, Language and Literature
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- Associate Professor of Exercise and Sport Science
Body composition and physical fitness in relation to body image Zhang, H., Chen, Y., & *Lai, Q.* 6 2009 the annual conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Austin, TX
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Education Psychology
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Athletic Training
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- Assistant Professor of Health & Physical Education
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- Professor, Teacher Education
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Counselor Education and Clinical Coordinator, Counselor Education Program
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- Associate Professor of Bilingual / Bicultural Education
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- Associate Professor ( Clinical ) of Science Education, Regional Director SE Mi Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
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- Associate Professor
- Director
- Professor
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- Secretary IV, Teacher Education Division
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Sport Administration and Management
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- Director of Clinical Training, Assistant Professor ( Clinical ) of Educational Psychology
- Parks Future Faculty Fellow
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- Secretary IV, Administrative & Organizational Studies
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- Program Specialist, Academic Services
Responsibilities
Maintain database for Schedule of Classes, monitor room assignments, textbook requirements posted online for courses, and prepare schedule and grade reports
Process applications for initial certification, additional endorsements, school counselor licenses, and school psychologist certificates
Assist students with Wayne State and State of Michigan certification policy and procedures
Process data entry for certification applications
Enter grade changes for ED courses, monitor overdue withdrawals, deferred and incomplete marks
Maintain test results from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Assist with the criminal history background checks
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- Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
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- Academic Services Officer I BBE / ESL World Language Teacher Education Division
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- Professor, Inclusive Education
Dr. Gabel (she, her, hers) was a public school special education teacher for 15 years, during which she taught in Michigan and Kentucky. Her school teaching experience spans the full continuum of special education support services, including segregated facilities, self-contained classrooms in regular schools, resource rooms, and full inclusion. Dr. Gabel's largest body of scholarly work is situated within disability studies in education, broadly examining the institution (e.g., education) as a site of exclusion of difference, particularly as it produces disability-as-difference. Using a social interpretation of disability, Dr. Gabel has examined the ways institutional structures produce disability. Therefore, disabled people are not the focus. Rather, the focus is on disability as it is produced by ableism. More recently, Dr. Gabel has used feminist affect theories to illustrate some consequences of ableism. Via this approach she explores the materialism of emotions produced by ableism. Most recently, Dr. Gabel reflects on a career of inclusion activism and has more questions than answers about inclusion, leaving her contemplating the implications of her scholarship and activism. In 2021 and 2022 she directed the NEH Summer Institute for Teachers, "Disability and identity in history, literature and media."
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- Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology
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- Director, Academic of Accreditation and Assessment
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- Assistant Professor of Special Education, Special Education Program Coordinator
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Counselor Education
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- Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies and Policy Sociology
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- Assistant Professor ( Teaching ) of Sports Administration
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- Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
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- Assistant Dean
- Assistant Professor ( Clinical ) and Assistant Dean of Administrative and Organizational Studies and Theoretical / Behavioral Foundations
- Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
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- Academic Services Officer II ( Undergraduate )