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Issue 2 - April 2020
The EDLD Beat
Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology
College of Education and Human Development
Issue Contents
1 Hello from Sangren Hall! Hello from Sangren Hall (my home office)!
2 EDLD Feature: HIL Project Like all of you, I am still adjusting to the new normal we’re
3 Faculty & Student News living through as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a
3 Alumni News professional consultant and graduate assistant, much of my
4 Dissertation Defenses work was already being completed remotely from my
5 EDLD Directory (previously quiet!) home office. In addition to those obligations
and finishing up my #coronacomps last month and last doctoral
Keep
coursework last week, I am also now homeschooling my two
children, a Kindergartner and 4th grader, alongside my spouse.
This has certainly been … an adjustment … for all of us.
Calm Unfortunately, my kids do not think it’s as cool as I do that
their mom is uniquely qualified to be their homeschool teacher
&
with extensive experience in educational leadership. I hope you
all stay healthy and find peace in these trying times.
Wash Your Student Editor,
Katie Giardello
Your
Hands!
Photo: Doctoral student Katie
Giardello oversees “recess” for her
two children during COVID-19
homeschooling. Just like real
school, outdoor recess is everyone’s
favorite part of the school day!
The Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership (EDLD) includes four concentration areas:
higher education, K-12, organizational analysis, and workforce education and development.
Photo: Educators attend a HIL Photo: Dr. Reeves and Dr. Shen, Photo: DGA Jeremy Andrick presents
Project Summit in August 2018 Co-Principal Investigators on the research on the HIL Project in April 2019
HIL Project grant
EDLD Feature: The High Impact Leadership (HIL) Project
In 2017, the U.S. Department service agencies (ESAs), the
of Education awarded EDLD U.S. Department of
faculty members Dr. Patricia Education (USDE), Michigan
Reeves and Dr. Jianping Department of Education
Shen a $12.5 million three- (MDE) and selected
year grant to facilitate the education, business, and
High-Impact Leadership for philanthropic organizations.
School Renewal Project,
On the ground, there are
known affectionately as the
more than 50 ISD/ESA
The HIL Impact
HIL Project. One of the
facilitators working directly
largest single grants ever “Three years ago, I moved to
with local schools to tap the Michigan with the express purpose
awarded at WMU, the HIL
HIL project’s resources and of working on the HIL Project with
Project seeks to develop high-
empower educators to Dr. Reeves and Dr. Shen. I am not
impact leadership for school
maximize student literacy. sure that I can put into words the
renewal with a focus on the
Behind the scenes, 17 highly profound impact that the project has
GELN Literacy Essentials in had on my life, both professionally
trained professionals provide
Reading Now Network and personally. Our focus on the
administrative support and
(RNN) elementary schools, existing strengths in our schools
leadership of the initiative. empowers teachers and school
primarily in West Michigan
where literacy rates suffer. Dr. Reeves and Dr. Shen are leaders to "be the change" rather
uniquely qualified to lead this than the "objects of change." This
Key organizational partners initiative with extensive appreciative approach to school
in this project are: Western leadership and research renewal is a powerful sight to
Michigan University, The experience in education behold and is where the HIL Project
will continue to deeply impact me
Reading Now Network between them. The project
and the state of Michigan for years
(RNN), the MAISA General aims for structural change to come!”
Education Leadership and sustainable impact in
Network (GELN), 76 raising literacy rates following Jeremy Andrick
individual school buildings in the philosophy that reading is Doctoral Assistant
17 intermediate school fundamental to all learning.
districts (ISDs)/educational 2
Faculty & Student News
Presentations & Publications
Etshim, R. (PhD Student). (2019). Integrating international graduate students on campus: The perspectives
of student affairs professionals. Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 11, 107-109.
Geier B. A. (EDLD Faculty) & Blankenship – Knox, A. (2020). When speech is your stock in trade: What
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District reveals about the future of employee speech and religion
jurisprudence. Campbell Law Review, 42(1), 31-80.
Hasan, A. (PhD Student), & Poppink, S. (EDLD Faculty) (2020, accepted). Leadership development
among Pakistan’s marginalized population: English acquisition, identity development, and leadership traits
and behaviors. Paper accepted to the 2020 annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco, CA.
Awards & Other Recognitions
Jesús D´Alessandro (PhD Student), Julia Virginia Pimentel (PhD Student), and Laura Reyes (PhD
Student) were incorporated to the National Research Career of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science
and Technology (MESCyT) of the Dominican Republic on December 11, 2019.
Lisa Garcia (PhD Student) received the Don and Helen Weaver Endowment for Community Education
Scholarship in March 2020 from WMU’s Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and
Technology. Lisa was also recognized with the Department-Level Graduate Research Award.
Regina Garza Mitchell (EDLD Faculty) was named President of the Council for the Study of Community
Colleges.
Photo: Doctoral
students Jesús
D´Alessandro (far
right of photo),
Julia Virginia
Pimentel (second
from right), and
Laura Reyes
(third from right)
at the recognition
event for their
incorporation to
the National
Research Career of
the Ministry of
Higher
Education,
Science and
Technology of the
Dominican
Republic in
December 2019
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Alumni News
Awards & Other Recognitions
Ashley Green (PhD, ’15) completed the competitive Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Fellowship,
2018-2019. Green was also recently named the principal investigator (PI) for the Humphrey Fellowship
program grant funded by the State Department through International Institute of Education.
Aamir Hasan (PhD, ’20) was awarded the WMU Department-level Graduate Research and Creative
Scholar Award for 2019-2020.
Christine Robinson (PhD, ’19) was awarded the WMU Department-level Graduate Research and
Creative Scholar Award for 2019-2020.
Laurel Schmitt (PhD, ’20) was awarded the WMU Department-level Graduate Research and Creative
Scholar Award for 2019-2020.
Jason Werkema (PhD, ‘09) successfully raised over $25k in funds toward department upgrades and he
received the first ever Faculty Leadership Award at Grace Christian University in 2019.
Job Updates
Eric Mullen (PhD, ’18) has been promoted to Dean of Student Success and Retention at Grand Rapids
Community College effective June 2020.
Doctoral Students: Considering Joining
CEHD’s Summer 2020 Virtual Dissertation Writing Workshops
The group meets weekly on either Thurs/Sun (or both!) from 1-5PM via Zoom. A $150 fee
includes participation all summer and 1-on-1 work with CEHD’s writing coach.
Contact Mary Ebejer (mary.ebejer@wmich.edu) for more information or to register.
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Spring 2020 Dissertation Defenses –
Congratulations, Doctors!
Newest EDLD
Committee Dissertation Title
Doctor
Dr. Sue Poppink, Chair Saudi Arabian Women’s Lived Experiences
Sarah Abdullah
Dr. Wanda Hadley Attaining Higher Education Deanships:
Alhoian Paths, Supports, and Challenges
Dr. Nancy Mansberger
Teachers’ Experiences in Schools That
Dr. Patricia Reeves, Chair
Nidia Beatriz Serve Rural Communities in the Dominican
Dr. Louann Bierlein Palmer Republic: Their Readiness to Respond to
Columna Pérez
Dr. Lisa Ryan Challenges
Parent and Guardian Perspectives
Dr. Regena Nelson, Chair
Rita Licelot Cruz Regarding Attendance: Evidence from a
Dr. Patricia Reeves Governmental Early Childhood Education
Santelises
Dr. Ancell Scheker and Care Program
Trauma and Social Frameworks: The
Jesús Leonardo Dr. Joseph Kretovics, Chair
Effect of UASD-Government Conflict
D’Alessandro Dr. Patricia Reeves
Between 1966 and 1978 over Perspectives
Martinez Dr. David Hartmann about Higher Education
Choosing to Be a Teacher: Understanding
Dr. Louann Bierlein Palmer, Chair the Career Choice of Academically
Marcela Maria Fuster
Dr. Patricia Reeves Excellent University Students Who Had
de Hernandez Graduated From High Performing High
Dr. Agnes Quinones
Schools in the Dominican Republic
Adopting Educational Technology: A Study
Dr. Louann Bierlein Palmer, Chair
Leipzig Elizabeth of Dominican Republic Higher Education
Dr. Patricia Reeves Faculty Related to Their Classroom Usage,
Guzmán Mena
Dr. Laura Sanchez-Vincitore Attitudes, Barriers, and Motivations
Dr. Brett Geier, Chair The Identity Reconstruction and Lived
Aamir Hasan Dr. Sue Poppink Experiences of Non-Elite Learners of
Dr. Todd Kuchta English in Pakistan
High School Completion of Students
Dr. Walter Burt, Chair
Lametria A. Attending a Midwestern Urban High
Dr. Louann Bierlein Palmer
Johnson-Eaddy School: The Voices of Single-Headed
Dr. Kelley Peatross Household African American Mothers
Dr. Andrea Beach, Chair
Julia Virginia Undergraduate Educational Research
Dr. D. Eric Archer Experiences in the Study of Interior Design
Pimentel Jiménez
Dr. Susan Mendoza
Dr. Andrea Beach, Chair Women’s Lived Experiences in Their
Laura Luisa Sartori Dr. Patricia Reeves Pathways to Leadership Positions in
Dr. Marlene Kowalski-Braun Universities in the Dominican Republic
Dr. Donna Talbot, Chair Dominican Nursing Students’ Self-
Wady Raymundo
Dr. Jianping Shen Reported Mastery of International Nursing
Ramirez Mañon Competencies
Dr. Faye Grund
An Exploration of Preschool Choice with
Dr. Sue Poppink, Chair
Low-Income Families: The Critical Role of
Laurel E. Schmitt Dr. Patricia Reeves
Positive Attitudes, Behavioral Norms and
Dr. Tomoko Wakabayashi Control Beliefs
Dr. Louann Bierlein Palmer, Chair Corrected Title: College with Conviction:
Colleen Kay Stano
Dr. Ramona Lewis Formerly Incarcerated Students' Sense of
(Fall 2019 Correction)
Dr. Carol Hustoles Belonging in Higher Education
EDLD Directory
Get to know the EDLD faculty better: https://wmich.edu/leadership/directory/edleadership
D. Eric Archer Patricia Reeves
Assistant Professor of Professor of Educational Leadership,
Educational Leadership in & Evaluation, Measurement and
Higher Education Research
Louann Bierlein Palmer LaSonja Roberts
Professor of Educational Assistant Professor of Educational
Leadership Leadership
Regina Garza Mitchell
Associate Professor of Lynda Root
Educational Leadership in Administrative Assistant II
Higher Education
Brett Geier Jianping Shen
Associate Professor of Professor of Educational Leadership,
Educational Leadership in K-12 & Evaluation, Measurement and
Leadership Research
Wanda Hadley
David Szabla
Associate Professor of Associate Professor, Organizational
Educational Leadership in Change Leadership
Higher Education
Joseph Kretovics Donna Talbot
Associate Professor of Chair & Professor, Dept of
Educational Leadership in Educational Leadership, Research
Higher Education and Technology
Sue Poppink Linda Walters
Associate Professor of Administrative Assistant I, Graduate
Educational Leadership Admissions
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