College of Education & Human Development
Grants & Contracts 2007:
Showcasing Partnerships & Collaborations
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Researchers evaluate changes to WIC food packages, examine food choices and behavior
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By Jenna Kujawski
Increasing Minority Involvement in the Broadening Participation in Computing Program
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Teaching math through culture
By Tanya Nading
What Was the Deal in 1867?
Creative curriculum for Texas’ rural schools
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By Amy Klinkovsky
Leadership by Example
Texas youth with disabilities receive training to become advocates and role models in their community
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By Kelsey Johnson
How Significant Weight Loss Impacts Bone Mass
The effects of the loss on athletes and the U.S. Armed Forces
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By Tanya Nading Walk the Line
Texas A&M HRD faculty cross international borders to bring their curriculum to the world
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By Jenna Kujawski
Funding Appendix
Statistical Data Externally Funded Projects and Grants
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From public schools to private corporations. From federal granting agencies to foreign countries. From the University of Toronto to the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. The College of Education and Human Development is forging partnerships and collaborations in research allowing the college to continue to address the importance of health, education and business across generations and across continents. In 2007, we had 66 faculty and staff members participating in externally funded projects with $16 million in expenditures. Also, in 2007 there were 44 faculty members with $13 million in new funding awards. In the pages of Grants and Contracts 2007: Showcasing Partnerships and Collaborations, there is an opportunity to learn about six of the college’s research initiatives. Our work with the federal WIC program addresses the nutritional impact the program has on the low-income families being served. This research program will address obesity issues for those living with lower incomes. Also, in health-related research, we have faculty members who are engaged in how excessive diets and workout regimens can negatively affect those in the armed services and those involved in athletics. In the public schools, our faculty and staff are working with colleagues in other colleges and universities to teach middle school math in culturally relevant ways with the goal that more students will aspire to careers in engineering and technology. The interdisciplinary Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health grant has provided middle school teachers with creative, research-based resources for incorporating science, math, social studies and language arts into curriculum, and the project coordinators work with teachers to arrange scientist visits to the classroom. Researchers in the college also are addressing another high-need education field with the Youth Leadership Forum — a forum designed to increase the leadership skills of high school students with disabilities. The program will spend the following year working with those students as they learn to hone the forum-learned skills and advocate for themselves. And while our work in the United States is important, our research projects stretch beyond our borders. This year, we introduce you to our international human resource development programs and the important work being done in Saudi Arabia. I encourage you to contact the principal investigators found in these pages. The featured story projects, as well as all the research projects listed in the appendix, are a reflection of the breadth and potential impact of our work — locally, nationally and internationally. All the best,
Doug Palmer, Professor and Dean 3
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Researchers evaluate changes to WIC food packages, examine food choices and behavior Jenna Kujawski “Would you like fries with that?”— the standard question American fast food diners are asked when ordering their ultimate cheeseburger. But, with a recent push to become a more healthconscious America, the familiar, greasy side is being replaced with apple wedges or side salads. With mainstream America having healthier choices, health experts want to offer comparative food options to families with lower incomes in need of nutritional intervention. 4
Dr. Lisako McKyer, assistant professor of health education, serves as a principal investigator of a three-year study aimed at determining if proposed revisions to the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) food packages affect the food purchasing behaviors or nutrient and calorie intake of participants.
“ Food, like clothes, is not a ‘one size fits all’ concept,” McKyer said. “The paradox of being poor in America is that cheap, highly-refined foods are less expensive than foods that provide long-term health benefits. In the United States, the association between income and weight is inverse [lower income = higher weight].” “ The other irony is that although the poor may be overweight, they can still be malnourished,” she added.
With mainstream America having healthier choices, health experts want to offer comparative food options to families with lower incomes in need of nutritional intervention. WIC currently has seven food packages available, including those for 1) infants less than 3 months old, 2) infants 4 months to 1 year, 3) children 1-5 years old, 4) children or women with special dietary needs, 5) women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, 6) women who are only breastfeeding, and 7) non-breastfeeding postpartum women. The revised WIC food packages will contain new food items such as fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods and will be brought in line with the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the new Food Guide Pyramid. “ Important additions are the expansion of food choices due to the broadening cultural influences of food,” McKyer said. “Ten years ago the only place you could find soy milk was at specialty health markets. Now, they’re beside regular milk at the grocery stores.” The revised nutrition education program that participants will take part in will allow McKyer to evaluate if having a better knowledge of nutrition affects their food choices and shopping behavior. “ Many children have extended families in a single household where Grandma does the cooking, but Grandma may never be included in nutrition education programs,” McKyer said. “If Grandma learns to cook differently, then everyone in that household may experience improved health.” McKyer added that since WIC began in 1972, it has not undergone any major changes. “Obesity, especially childhood obesity, is now clearly a national epidemic. Establishing healthy eating behaviors now is easier than changing unhealthy eating patterns later,” she said.
MCKYER, E. LISAKO (Co-PI), HLKN Peter Murano (PI), Nutrition and Food Science Design, Implementation, Feasibility and Impact of a Nutrition Education Intervention Centered on the Revised WIC Food Packages
Department of State Health Services Three-year project with total funding of $221,996 2007......$24,888 > eljmckyer@hlkn.tamu.edu
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Increasing Minority Involvement in the Broadening Participation in Computing Program Teaching math through culture
Tanya Nading Hot apple pie, turkey on Thanksgiving, baseball and the American flag are common images of American culture. The United States, a country traditionally known as a vast mixing pot of ethnicities and nationalities, is home to several unique subcultures that also consider a
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variety of images when defining their culture. Cornrow braiding, graffiti tagging, basket weaving and rhythm wheels, for example, are some artifacts embraced by African-American, Native American, and Latino subcultures.
“ All artifacts in youth subcultures have mathematical elements,” says Dr. Chance Lewis, an associate professor of urban education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture. “For African-Americans, braiding hair is an important cultural artifact. There are many mathematical elements involved when simulating the braiding process.”
“ We also want to train teachers to use a student’s culture to teach standards-based mathematics and to use this program to reach out to their students.” - Dr. Chance Lewis Using transformational geometry, part of a Culturally Situated Design Tools software program developed by Dr. Ron Eglash, an associate professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, Eglash, Lewis and research collaborators hope to broaden participation in computing related careers for students of color (ages 7-12) by using their culture to stimulate interest in math. “ We hope to see an increased interest in future careers in computer science or another engineering type of career,” says Lewis. “We also want to train teachers to use a student’s culture to teach standards-based mathematics and to use this program to reach out to their students.” Lewis has developed a quasi-experimental design to measure if students benefit from this new type of education and to see if they receive higher math scores after the program is implemented. With funding provided by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Eglash and Lewis will teach the program to undergraduate students at the University of North CarolinaCharlotte so that they can enter schools in the southeast part of the country to help math teachers learn about and coordinate the program into their curriculum and gather the necessary data to fulfill the goals of the grant. It is expected that the success of this type of intervention will improve research and education opportunities for all students seeking computing careers. This is the first year of a three-year grant by the NSF. Currently, Eglash, Lewis and colleagues are the only researchers to use this program at this magnitude.
LEWIS, CHANCE (Co-PI), TLAC Tiffany Barnes (PI) and Ron Englash (Co-PI) with the University of North Caroline at Charlotte Collaborative Research: BPC-D Improving Minority Student Participation in the Computing Career Pipeline with Culturally Situated Design Tools
National Science Foundation Three-year project with total funding of $319,196 2007......$20,046 > chance.lewis@tamu.edu
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What Was the Deal in 1867? Creative curriculum for Texas’ rural schools
Amy Klinkovsky Travis paused before a very old gravestone. The letters were faint, but Travis could make out “fought in the American Revolution.” Travis let out a low whistle. “That is an old grave!” He zigzagged around the close growing trees to a row of graves in another section, reading aloud. “1867. Died 1867. Departed 1867. 1866-1867. That was just a baby. September, 1867. Died, age 15 years, 3 months and 10 days, 1867. What was the deal in 1867?” The deal was Yellow Fever; and, thanks to integrative curriculum modules created by the Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER), middle grade students in rural school districts have an opportunity to learn science, math, social studies and language arts while uncovering Travis’ 1867 mystery. “PEER began in 1999,” said Dr. Jim Kracht, associate dean for academic affairs in the College
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of Education and Human Development and co-principal investigator for PEER. “The PEER team developed modules on environmental health issues that were built around mystery stories, such as the Backpack Adventure Series.” The series follows middle schoolers, like Travis, who own special backpacks, allowing them to travel to any time and location to uncover mysteries.
The PEER team, under the direction of principal investigator Dr. Larry Johnson, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is made up of members from the Colleges of Education and Human Development, Veterinary Medicine, and Agriculture and Life Sciences as well as the Texas A&M System’s Health Science Center. PEER trained 804 teachers through module workshops.
“ It is always exciting to get a visitor in our rural classrooms. Students talk about the lecture for weeks.” - Debbie Weir Jan Fechhelm, who teaches sixth grade science at Cypress Grove Intermediate School in College Station, Texas, is one of those teachers. “ The best part about the Backpack Adventure Series is the ‘real life’ connection,” Fechhelm said. “In Texas: 1867, the story takes place in Independence, Texas, which is not that far from where I teach. In fact, many of my students have been to Independence.” The module includes the Backpack Adventure Series stories, possible lesson plans and slide shows that teachers can edit and tailor for specific class needs. Like the mystery stories, PEER scientists’ visits to rural middle school classrooms stimulate interest in science. The visiting scientists also promote science careers. PEER scientists reached 1,522 teachers and over 37,000 students with rural classroom visits. “ It is always exciting to get a visitor in our rural classrooms. All the hands-on activities are interesting to the students,” said Debbie Weir, the science teacher in Lazbuddie, Texas, a rural community located 85 miles northwest of Lubbock. “Students talk about the lecture for weeks.” While the seven-year National Institutes of Health project has officially ended, the PEER team has funding from the National Science Foundation that continues to place graduate and undergraduate fellows in rural classrooms as science, technology, engineering and mathematics resources and role models. Jan Fechhelm has taken advantage of the visiting fellows as well. “ Over the years I have had the pleasure and honor of being a part of a number of projects through Texas A&M,” said Fechhelm. “Many of these projects have allowed me to stay on the cutting edge of educational knowledge. I simply do not have the time to sit and read the top educational journals, but in a 30-minute conversation with some folks at Texas A&M, I can catch up on the latest research.”
KRACHT, JAMES (Co-PI), TLAC Larry Johnson (PI), Veterinary Anatomy Integrating Environmental Health Science in Rural Schools
National Institutes of Health Seven-year project with total funding of $1,545,687 2007......$13,145 > jimkracht@tamu.edu
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Leadership by Example
Texas youth with disabilities receive training to become advocates and role models in their community Kelsey Johnson Postsecondary school outcomes continue to be a major concern for those involved in the lives of youth with disabilities. Research in the past decade has consistently shown that acquired self-determination and leadership skills promote successful completion of high school and transition from school to adult life (e.g., Algozzine, et al., 2001; Zhang & Benz, 2006).
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Successful stories from other states that have conducted Youth Leadership Forums (YLF) since 1996 have demonstrated that YLF is an effective model for preparing youth with disabilities to become advocacy leaders. However, the current YLF model lacks an adequate follow-up component to guide delegates in practicing the leadership skills they acquire during YLF training.
Affiliated with the Center on Disability and Development, Texas A&M University’s Texas Statewide YLF project has created a new model that consists of three components: (1) a four-day leadership and advocacy skills training on a college campus in Austin with a visit to the State Capitol; (2) a plan-of-action session where delegates plan how to practice leadership skills during the training year; and (3) a follow-up component, in which delegates receive ongoing mentoring and participate in an end-of-year celebration.
The ultimate goal of the YLF project is to assist youth delegates in becoming inspiring leaders and role models for other youth with disabilities. Through an application process, the Texas Statewide YLF selects 30 youth with disabilities from across the state who are juniors and seniors in high school. By participating in YLF training activities, these youth delegates learn the history of the disability rights movement and new legislation that has been created as a result. They take part in career and employment activities and engage in legislative activities at the Capitol, such as a mock legislative session, a tour of the facilities, and meeting with state legislators. At the conclusion of the training, delegates create a personal leadership plan with specific goals and objectives. Then, delegates spend the next nine months implementing their leadership plans in their own communities with YLF-paid advisors mentoring them along the way. At the end of the year, delegates share their experiences and celebrate successes at a one-day meeting at a camp. The ultimate goal of the YLF project is to assist youth delegates in becoming inspiring leaders and role models for other youth with disabilities.
ZHANG, DALUN (PI), EPSY Michael Benz (Co-PI), EPSY and Ann Reber (Co-PI), EPSY and Office of the Vice President for Student Services The Disability Training Network for the TAMU System
U.S. Department of Education Three-year project with total funding of $937,536 2007......$312,095 Youth Leadership and Advocacy Projects
Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities Three-year project with total funding of $275,000 2007......$100,000 Youth Leadership Program Training
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services Three-year project with total funding of $75,000 2007......$25,000 > dalun@tamu.edu
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How Significant Weight Loss Impacts Bone Mass The effects of the loss on athletes and the U.S. Armed Forces Tanya Nading Bone loss is often attributed to old age. Many young people may think: Why be troubled with the worries of tomorrow, today? However, there is a population of people in the United States who should start to worry now—soldiers in the U.S. Armed Forces and a multitude of professional and amateur athletes. Dr. Susan Bloomfield, a professor of exercise physiology, 12
is working in close collaboration with Dr. Harry Hogan, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M, and Dr. Mary Jane DeSouza with the University of Toronto, to study the effects of voluntary and involuntary weight loss on the long-term health of such individuals.
“A study published about 24 years ago, looking at bone mineral density scans in young female cross country and crew athletes, found that these young, 20-something women had the bones typically seen in 50-year-old women,” says Bloomfield, director of the Bone Biology Laboratory. There are plenty of studies to how a sedentary lifestyle effects bone loss, but very few on the effects of exercise and diet, which makes Bloomfield’s research unique in the field. An average person who loses 10-30 pounds through strict diet and exercise starts to lose bone mass, which begins to deteriorate at age 35. For young athletes and soldiers, who are under strict diets and exercise programs for a number of years, bones begin to deteriorate at an earlier age.
There are plenty of studies to how a sedentary lifestyle effects bone loss, but very few on the effects of exercise and diet, which makes Bloomfield’s research unique in the field. “ This bone loss may be attributed to low calorie diets and extensive exercise training for peak physical fitness, which often causes the loss of the menstrual cycle and estrogen, which can trick the body into thinking that it’s premenopausal,” says Bloomfield. “These are similar conditions that many new recruits to the U.S. Armed Forces experience during basic training.” Bloomfield and her colleagues are looking at the impact of moderately restricted diets (20 percent decrease in food), highly restricted diets (40 percent decrease in food), and aerobic exercise, on bone loss in adult rats whose bones are comparable to human bones. “ We expect that animals who are restricted 40 percent in their diets should show negative bone loss,” says Bloomfield. “And, we expect to find that a 20 percent reduction in exercise should be somewhat protective against bone loss.” Bloomfield’s group is funded through a Department of Defense grant. The laboratory will seek future funding from the National Institutes of Health to study how bone health is impacted with resistance training in patients with Type II diabetes. The lab also hopes to continue with future military studies and will be submitting a grant to study NASA’s issues of microgravity and radiation on bone loss.
BLOOMFIELD, SUE (PI), HLKN Harry Hogan (Co-PI), Mechanical Engineering
Increasing the Efficiency of Exercise Countermeasures for Bone Loss
Baylor College of Medicine 2007......$310,000 Harry Hogan (Co-PI), Mechanical Engineering Impact of Graded Energy Restrictions on Bone Health in Exercising Female Rats
Department of Defense – Army – Medical Research & Material Three-year project with total funding of $904,499 2007......$248,454 > sbloom@tamu.edu
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Walk the Line
Texas A&M HRD faculty cross international borders to bring their curriculum to the world Jenna Kujawski Where in the world is the College of Education and Human Development? Everywhere. With study abroad opportunities for undergraduates in countries like Costa Rica and Italy and a teaching partnership with the University of Qatar, the college
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has been involved in numerous international initiatives for quite some time. But now, the human resource development (HRD) program is setting out on its own international endeavor.
In fall 2007, Gary McLean, senior professor and executive director of international HRD programs, traveled to Saudi Arabia to teach the second of five required courses as part of the Professional Certificate in Human Resource Development, a collaborative agreement between Texas A&M University and the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management. “ HRD is the fastest growing field at the moment,” McLean said. “Countries like Thailand are grabbing at opportunities to collaborate with Texas A&M in the HRD field.”
“ I have a very realistic vision that we can create a totally integrated, global curriculum for students here and abroad. Texas A&M is now the future in HRD.” - Gary McLean McLean and HRD faculty Jamie Callahan, Larry Dooley, Toby Egan, Susan Lynham and Fred Nafukho will meet with students face-to-face for classes, with the first cohort of students finishing in spring 2008. “ The Saudis are relationship-oriented. When they embrace a new professor, it is tradition to sit on the floor and eat lamb with rice,” McLean said. “You can’t do that over the Internet.” “ In addition, traveling to Saudi Arabia helps globalize our faculty by giving them the opportunity to be in the midst of a new culture,” he added. McLean is most proud that this international collaboration also will create interdisciplinary partnerships here at Texas A&M University. The HRD program is joining with the human resource management program in the Mays Business School as well as the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture whose faculty will provide English as a second language, math and science courses in Saudi Arabia. In addition, McLean is looking at international partnerships with Taiwan, Korea, Mexico and St. Lucia. “ I have a very realistic vision that we can create a totally integrated, global curriculum for students here and abroad,” McLean said. “I came here because this program is the number one program in the nation. Texas A&M is now the future in HRD.”
McCLEAN, Gary (Senior Professor), EAHR Toby Egan (PI), EAHR
Master of Science in Human Resource Development and Professional Certificate in Human Resource Development
Arabian Society for Human Resource Management 2007......$48,990 > gmclean@neo.tamu.edu
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Funding Appendix 2007
Fiscal Year 2007: September 2006 - August 2007
Statistical Data Externally Funded Grants
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Statistical Data Table 1
Table 2
Annual Funding Totals Over the Last Five Years
Percent of Funding by Agency Type Total $16,124,884
$20,902,707
$16,124,884
$13,959,670 $13,318,560 $12,379,603
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Local.........$236,910..........2% State.........$3,274,243.......20% Private.......$4,343,564.......27% Federal......$8,270,167.......51%
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Table 3
Percent of Federal Funding Broken Down by Agency Type Total $8,270,167
Other Federal Agencies..................................$573,965 U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.........$705,165 National Science Foundation.......................... $1,723,933 U.S. Dept. of Education...................................$5,267,104
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Statistical Data Table 4
Table 5
Departmental Funding in Fiscal Year 2007
New Awards by Department Total $13,318,314
Total $16,124,884
$8,568,305 $7,140,593
$3,134,402
$1,989,463 $1,965,611 $1,617,365 $277,450
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$1,511,647 $1,489,941 $1,458,311 $72,260
$217,850
Center for Distance Learning Research
Dean’s Office
Health and Kinesiology
Center for Distance Learning Research
Teaching, Learning and Culture
Teaching, Learning and Culture
Educational Administration and Human Resource Development
Health and Kinesiology
Dean’s Office
Educational Administration and Human Resource Development
Educational Psychology
Educational Psychology
Table 6
Percent and/or Number of Faculty in Each Department Directing Externally Funded Grants and Contracts in Fiscal Year 2007
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Key for Externally Funded Grants & Contracts CDLR
Center for Distance Learning Research
CEHD
College of Education and Human Development
EAHR
Educational Administration and Human Resource Development
EPSY
Educational Psychology
HLKN
Health and Kinesiology
TLAC
Teaching, Learning and Culture
TAMU
Texas A&M University
PI
Principal Investigator
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Externally Funded Grants & Contracts The 2007 externally funded projects are listed here alphabetically by the principal investigator’s last name. The department follows the name. Listed below each project is the funding agency and the annual level of funding, as well as totals for multi-year projects. Some projects have multiple principal investigators and will, therefore, be listed under each principal investigator’s name.
ASH, MICHAEL (PI), EPSY
Mental Health Interns Brazos Valley Child Development Program 2007......$47,568 mash@tamu.edu
BENNETT, GREGG (PI and Co-PI), HLKN F. Adrien Bouchet (Co-PI), HLKN Data Collection at Sunshine State Games Florida Sports Foundation 2007......$6,500 gbennett@hlkn.tamu.edu
Michael Sagas (PI), HLKN
The American Sport Brand International Exchange Department of State Three-year project with total funding of $840,000 2007......$279,987
BENZ, MICHAEL (PI and Co-PI), EPSY
Texas A&M University Center on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Administration for Children & Families 2007......$490,000 mbenz@tamu.edu
Dalun Zhang (PI), EPSY; Ann Reber (Co-PI), EPSY; and the TAMU Office of the Vice President for Student Services The Disability Training Network for the TAMU System U.S. Department of Education Three-year project with total funding of $937,536 2007......$312,095
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Consumer Stipends Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities 2007......$5,960
BLOOMFIELD, SUE (PI), HLKN Harry Hogan (Co-PI), Mechanical Engineering Increasing the Efficiency of Exercise Countermeasures for Bone Loss Baylor College of Medicine 2007......$310,000 sbloom@tamu.edu
Harry Hogan (Co-PI), Mechanical Engineering
Impact of Graded Energy Restrictions on Bone Health in Exercising Female Rats Department of Defense – Army – Medical Research & Material Three-year project with total funding of $904,499 2007......$248,454 NSBRI – Associate Team Leader – Bone Loss Team Baylor College of Medicine 2007......$35,000 Current Controversies in Exercise Science TAMU Honors Program Advisory Committee 2007......$1,750
BOUCHET, F. ADRIEN (Co-PI), HLKN Gregg Bennett (PI), HLKN Data Collection at Sunshine State Games Florida Sports Foundation 2007......$6,500 abouchet@hlkn.tamu.edu
BROSSART, DANIEL (Co-PI), EPSY Linda Castillo (PI), EPSY Gulf Coast Gear Up Partnership Project U.S. Department of Education Six-year project with total funding of $1,629,935 2007......$279,744 brossart@tamu.edu
“A study published about 24 years ago found that these young, 20-something women [athletes] had the bones typically seen in 50-year-old women.” – Sue Bloomfield, Professor
To learn more about Sue Bloomfield’s work with weight loss and bone mass, see the story on page 12.
BURKE, MACK (PI and Co-PI), EPSY
Kimberly Vannest (PI), EPSY; Richard Parker (Co-PI), EPSY; and Shanna Hagan-Burke (Co-PI), EPSY D2K: Data to Knowledge - Progress Monitoring in Behavior and Academics Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $1,100,716 2007......$500,358 mburke_aggie@tamu.edu
Shanna Hagan-Burke (Co-PI), EPSY
Developing Quality Personnel to Meet the Needs of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders U.S. Department of Education Four-year project with total funding of $799,796 2007......$199,967
BYRNES, GLENDA (Co-PI), EPSY
CASTILLO, LINDA (PI), EPSY
Daniel Brossart (Co-PI), EPSY Gulf Coast Gear Up Partnership Project U.S. Department of Education Six-year project with total funding of $1,629,935 2007......$279,744 lcastillo@tamu.edu
CHLUP, DOMINIQUE (PI), EAHR
Texas Adult and Family Literacy Statewide Clearinghouse Grant Texas Education Agency 2007......$999,999 dchlup@tamu.edu Texas Adult Education Standards Project Texas Education Agency 2007......$299,431
Constance Fournier (PI), EPSY Special Education Recruitment and Retention Grant Texas A&M University – Texarkana 2007......$48,000 gbyrns@tamu.edu
Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy Technical Assistance Project Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy 2007......$31,731
CAPRARO, ROBERT (Co-PI), TLAC
CIFUENTES, LAUREN (PI), EPSY
Jim Scheurich (PI), EAHR; James Morgan (Co-PI), Civil Engineering; and Gerri Maxwell (Project Coordinator), EAHR North Texas STEM Center Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $1,200,000 2007......$513,542 rcapraro@tamu.edu
CARPENTER, B. STEPHEN (PI), TLAC
Oscar Munoz (Co-PI), Colonias, College of Architecture Visiting Artists as Social and Educational Change Agents: Step One of the TAMU Interdisciplinary Ceramic Water Filter Project TAMU Visual and Performing Arts 2007......$5,000 bscarpenter@tamu.edu
Capacity Building in Antigua-Barbuda through Higher Education Stanford Foundation 2007......$64,552 laurenc@tamu.edu
COLE, BRYAN (PI), EAHR
Kelli Peck Parrott (Co-PI), EAHR Developing Institutional and Program Capacity in Student Affairs TAMU Office of the Vice President for Research 2007......$10,000 b-cole@tamu.edu 25
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CROUSE, STEPHEN (PI), HLKN Fitlife Contract Testing Participants 2007......$31,854 s-crouse@tamu.edu
Fitlife Exercise Program Participants 2007......$15,362
CUNNINGHAM, GEORGE (PI), HLKN Diversity in Sport Organizations TAMU Honors Program Advisory Committee 2007......$1,750 gbcunningham@hlkn.tamu.edu
DAVENPORT, DONNA (PI), EPSY
Individual and Group Counseling for Sexual Assault Survivors Brazos County Rape Crisis Center, Inc. 2007......$14,400 donna-davenport@tamu.edu
DAVIS, TRINA (Co-PI), TLAC
Jon Denton (PI), TLAC; R. Arlen Strader (Co-PI), CEHD; and Ben Smith (Co-PI), TLAC Middle School Aerospace Scholar Program NASA-Johnson Space Center Two-year project with total funding of $61,600 2007......$25,525 trinadavis@tamu.edu
Jon Denton (PI), TLAC, and Ben Smith (Co-PI), TLAC Opening Pathways for Teacher Instructional Opportunities in Natural Science Baylor College of Medicine Five-year project with total funding of $292,000 2007......$10,000 26
DENTON, JON (PI), TLAC
An On-line Alternative Certification Program at Texas A&M University U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $2,178,410 2007......$458,436 jdenton@tamu.edu Accelerate Online Participants 2007......$130,086
Trina Davis (Co-PI), TLAC; R. Arlen Strader (Co-PI), CEHD; and Ben Smith (Co-PI), TLAC Middle School Aerospace Scholar Program NASA-Johnson Space Center Two-year project with total funding of $61,600 2007......$25,525
NSBRI Web Site and Special Public Outreach Project Support Baylor College of Medicine 2007......$21,509
Trina Davis (Co-PI), TLAC, and Ben Smith (Co-PI), TLAC Opening Pathways for Teacher Instructional Opportunities in Natural Science Baylor College of Medicine Five-year project with total funding of $292,000 2007......$10,000
EGAN, TOBY (PI), EAHR
Master of Science in Human Resource Development and Professional Certificate in Human Resource Development Arabian Society for Human Resource Management 2007......$48,990 egan@tamu.edu
ELLIOTT, TIMOTHY (PI), EPSY
Problem Solving for Caregivers of Women with Disabilities University of Alabama-Birmingham Two-year project with total funding of $1,100,716 2007......$29,100 telliott@tamu.edu Editorship of Rehabilitation Psychology American Psychological Foundation 2007......$13,300
EZRAILSON, CATHY MARIOTTI (Co-PI), TLAC Nancy J. Simpson (PI), Texas A&M University Coordination; Ramesh Talreja (Co-PI), Aerospace Engineering; and Christine Ehlig-Economides (Co-PI), Petroleum Engineering Reading, Writing – Energy (RW-E) Two-year project with total funding of $149,330 2007......$95,038
FERREIRA, MAURICIO (PI), HLKN
Self-Congruity versus Functional Congruity: Predictors of Participation Choice in Community-based Sport Programs TAMU Mexican American/Latino Research Center 2007......$5,000
FLUCKEY, JAMES (PI), HLKN
The Effect of Flywheel Resistance Exercise on Rates of Muscle Protein Degradation during Hindlimb Suspension in Rats University of Kentucky Research Foundation 2007......$60,518 jfluckey@hlkn.tamu.edu
FOURNIER, CONSTANCE (PI), EPSY Glenda Byrns (Co-PI), EPSY Special Education Recruitment and Retention Grant Texas A&M University – Texarkana 2007......$48,000 cfournier@tamu.edu
FULLER, MEL (PI), CEHD
The Texas High School Project Texas A&M University System Four-year project with total funding of $817,805 2007......$308,902 melfuller@tamu.edu Texas Adult Education Standards Project Texas Education Agency 2007......$299,431
GONZALEZ, JORGE (PI and Co-PI), EPSY Deborah Simmons (Co-PI), EPSY, and Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola (Co-PI), EPSY Project Words of Oral Reading and Language Development (WORLD) U.S. Department of Education Three-year project with total funding of $1,292,086 2007......$434,996 jegonzalez@tamu.edu Preschool Activities of Literacy (PAL) Bryan ISD Three-year project with total funding of $482,049 2007......$160,642
GUNDY, ANN (Co-PI), EAHR
Deborah Harrison (PI), CDLR AVANCE Houston Even Start Program AVANCE Houston 2007......$6,000 agundy@tamu.edu
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“In Texas: 1867, the story takes place in Independence, Texas, which is not that far from where I teach.” – Jan Fechhelm, Science Teacher
To learn more about Jim Kracht’s work with the Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health, see the story on page 8.
HAGAN-BURKE, SHANNA (Co-PI), EPSY Kimberly Vannest (PI), EPSY; Richard Parker (Co-PI), EPSY; and Mack Burke (Co-PI), EPSY D2K: Data to Knowledge - Progress Monitoring in Behavior and Academics Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $1,100,716 2007......$500,358 shaganburke@tamu.edu
AVANCE Houston Even Start Program AVANCE Houston 2007......$6,000 Collaborative Videoconferencing Certification Program McMillen Center 2007......$5,500
Mack Burke (PI), EPSY
HELFELDT, JOHN (PI), TLAC
HARRISON, DEBORAH (PI), CDLR
HOYLE, JOHN (PI), EAHR
Developing Quality Personnel to Meet the Needs of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders U.S. Department of Education Four-year project with total funding of $799,796 2007......$199,967
Collaboration Agreement Verizon 2007......$119,600 dharrison@cdlr.tamu.edu Polycom GAP Program Polycom, Inc 2007......$60,000
Training Services for Texas Independent School Districts Participants 2007......$40,200 Distance Education Certification Program Arch Ford Cooperative 2007......$34,150 Polycom Portal Maintenance Polycom, Inc 2007......$12,000 28
Ann Gundy (Co-PI), EAHR
Develop and Deliver Ph.D. Cohort Program Texas A&M International University Five-year project with total funding of $107,170 2007......$20,580 jhelfeldt@tamu.edu
Administrative Leadership Institute Dell Three-year project with total funding of $100,000 2007......$33,333 jhoyle@tamu.edu Administrative Leadership Institute Participants 2007......$13,230
JUNTUNE, JOYCE (PI), EPSY
Institute for Applied Creativity TAMU Center for Executive Development 2007......$5,400 j-juntune@tamu.edu
KELLY, LARRY (PI), TLAC
B1-Teach: Alternative Certification Program Model U.S. Department of Education Four-year project with funding totaling $78,650 2007......$9,000 lkelly@tamu.edu
KRACHT, JAMES (Co-PI), TLAC
Larry Johnson (PI), Veterinary Anatomy Integrating Environmental Health Science in Rural Schools National Institutes of Health Seven-year project with total funding of $1,545,687 2007......$13,145 jimkracht@tamu.edu
Larry Johnson (PI), Veterinary Anatomy
Continuing GK-12 Fellows Integrate Science/Math in Rural Middle School National Science Foundation Three-year project with total funding of $1,647,601 2007......$1,743
LARA-ALECIO, RAFAEL (PI), EPSY
Project ELLA (English Language/Literacy Acquisition) U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $6,762,005 2007......$1,519,374 a-lara@neo.tamu.edu Texas 2+2 Project: Certifying Teachers of LEP Students: Blinn College, Educational Service Center Region VI and Texas A&M U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,955,937 2007......$376,486
Wings Across Texas Travis and his friends in the Backpack Adventure Series travel through time. The PEER team can’t travel through time, but they can travel through air. As part of the PEER grant, Dr. Jon Hunter, a veterinary medicine professor, created Wings Across Texas — an airborne project for university scientists to reach public schools in rural Texas. Wings Across Texas operated from November 2002 – May 2005 allowing 128 scientists to make 285 presentations to students attending 59 rural middle/junior high schools in 49 Texas counties.
Student Contact:
9,832 hours
Demographics:
63.6% Hispanic 33.2% Caucasian 2.6% African-American 0.4% Asian 0.2% Native-American (62% of these students are on the free lunch program)
Distance Traveled: 76,440 nautical air miles
Online Bilingual/ESL Dual Certification Project Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $422,170 2007......$264,327
(equivalent to 97,264 statute highway miles)
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LAWLER, JOHN (PI and Co-PI), HLKN
LEWIS, CHANCE (Co-PI), TLAC
Regulation of Oxidative Stress in the DMX Diaphragm U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – National Institutes of Health Three-year project with total funding of $209,208 2007......$69,736
LINCOLN, YVONNA (PI), EAHR
Exercise Training Protects Against Pro-Apoptotic Signaling in the Aging Heart American Heart Association – Texas Affiliate Two-year project with total funding of $124,000 2007......$62,000
LOVING, CATHLEEN (Co-PI), TLAC
Markus Horning (PI) TAMU-Galveston Collaborative Research: Aging in Weddell Seals: Proximate Mechanisms of Age-Related Changes in Adaptations to Breath Hold Hunting in an Extreme Environment National Science Foundation Four-year project with total funding of $449,358 2007......$200,385 jml2621@neo.tamu.edu
Aging in Weddell Seals: Proximate Mechanisms of Age-related Changes in Adaptations to Breath-Hold Hunting in Extreme Environments Oregon State University 2007......$52,073
LECHUGA, VICENTE (PI), EAHR
Moving Toward Diversity: How University Administrators are Working to Increase Minority Student Access and Success in American Public Universities TAMU Mexican American/Latino Research Center 2007......$10,000 vlechuga@tamu.edu
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Tiffany Barnes (PI) and Ron Englash (Co-PI) with the University of North Caroline at Charlotte Collaborative Research: BPC-D Improving Minority Student Participation in the Computing Career Pipeline with Culturally Situated Design Tools National Science Foundation Three-year project with total funding of $319,196 2007......$20,046 chance.lewis@tamu.edu
Editorship of Qualitative Inquiry Journal Sage Publications, Ltd 2007......$7,356 ysl@tamu.edu
Bruce Herbert (PI), Geology Professional Learning Community Model for Alternative Pathways in Teaching Science and Mathematics National Science Foundation Five-year project with total funding of $777,306 2007......$163,244 cloving@tamu.edu
LYNCH, PATRICIA (Co-PI), EPSY
Laura Stough (PI), EPSY, and Linda Parrish (Co-PI), EPSY Master’s Training Program for Special Educators and Transition Specialists of Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,480,798 2007......$299,982 pslynch@tamu.edu
“Establishing healthy eating behaviors now is easier than changing unhealthy eating patterns later.” – Lisako McKyer, Assistant Professor
To learn more about Lisako McKyer’s work with WIC food packages, see the story on page 4.
MAXWELL, GERRI (Project Coordinator), EAHR
Jim, Scheurich (PI), EAHR; Robert Capraro (Co-PI), TLAC; and James Morgan (Co-PI), Civil Engineering North Texas STEM Center Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $1,200,000 2007......$513,542 gmaxwell@tamu.edu
MCNAMARA, JAMES (Co-PI), EPSY
Carol Stuessy (PI), TLAC Policy Research Initiative in Science Education to Improve Teaching and Learning in High School Science National Science Foundation Five-year project with total funding of $2,340,677 2007......$353,441 j-mcnamara@tamu.edu
MCKYER, E. LISAKO (Co-PI), HLKN
Peter Murano (PI), Nutrition and Food Science Design, Implementation, Feasibility and Impact of a Nutrition Education Intervention Centered on the Revised WIC Food Packages Department of State Health Services Three-year project with total funding of $221,996 2007......$24,888 eljmckyer@hlkn.tamu.edu
Marcia Ory (PI), Health Science Center
Health Maintenance Consortium Resource Center (HMCRC) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – National Institutes of Health Two-year project with total funding of $264,573 2007......$132,284
MISRA, RANJITA (PI), HLKN
Conceptual and Contextual Factors that Influence Diabetes Outcomes: A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Mexicans and Mexican Americans University of California-Berkeley 2007......$40,000 misra@hlkn.tamu.edu Influence of Clinical and Nonclinical Factors on Diabetes Outcomes: A Bi-National Comparison of Mexican Migrants and Mexican-Americans University of California-Berkeley 2007......$9,325
PALMER, DOUGLAS (PI), CEHD
School Training and Support in Qatar State of Qatar, Qatar University Four-year project with total funding of $8,778,641 2007......$2,753,240 dpalmer@tamu.edu
PARKER, RICHARD (Co-PI), EPSY
Kimberly Vannest (PI), EPSY; Mack Burke (Co-PI), EPSY; and Shanna Hagan-Burke (Co-PI), EPSY D2K: Data to Knowledge - Progress Monitoring in Behavior and Academics Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $1,100,716 2007......$500,358 rparker@tamu.edu
PARRISH, LINDA (Co-PI), EPSY
Laura Stough (PI), EPSY, and Patricia Lynch (Co-PI), EPSY Master’s Training Program for Special Educators and Transition Specialists of Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,480,798 2007......$299,982 kparish@tamu.edu 31
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The American Sport Brand International Exchange was a great opportunity for us to share many of the best practices found in the U.S. sport industry, which is likely the best model for understanding the sport product as a business.
PARROTT, KELLI PECK (Co-PI), EAHR
Bryan Cole (PI), EAHR Developing Institutional and Program Capacity in Student Affairs TAMU Office of the Vice President for Research 2007......$10,000 kparrott@tamu.edu
PEDERSEN, SUSAN (PI and Co-PI), EPSY Eric Simanek (PI), Chemistry and Carol Stuessy (Co-PI), TLAC Track 1, GK 12: Building Understanding through Research Partnerships and IT National Science Foundation Three-year project totaling $1,916,770 2007......$200,385 spedersen@tamu.edu
Scott Slough (Co-PI), TLAC; Janie Schielack (Co-PI), Mathematics; and Douglas Williams (Co-PI), University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Instructional Technology Engaging Middle School Students in Student Directed Inquiry through Virtual Environments for Learning National Science Foundation Five-year project with total funding of $1,172,337 2007......$247,180
Karen Butler-Purry (PI), Electrical Engineering, and Vinod Srinivasan (Co-PI), Architecture
CCLI: Enhancing Learning in Digital Systems Courses with Video Games National Science Foundation Two-year project funded at $150,000 2007......$6,038
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– Michael Sagas, Associate Professor, HLKN
POLLARD-DURODOLA, SHAROLYN (Co-PI), EPSY
Jorge Gonzalez (PI), EPSY, and Deborah Simmons (Co-PI), EPSY Project Words of Oral Reading and Language Development (WORLD) U.S. Department of Education Three-year project with total funding of $1,292,086 2007......$434,996
RAE, WILLIAM (PI), EPSY
Psychological Counseling and Consulting Services Brazos Valley Community Action Agency 2007......$10,000
RICCIO, CYNTHIA (PI), EPSY
Jorge Gonzalez (Co-PI), EPSY Preparation of Leadership Personnel: Doctoral Training Program in School Psychology/Special Education and the Hispanic Child with Disabilities U.S. Department of Education Four-year project totaling $795,044 2007......$198,761 criccio@tamu.edu Preparation of Adult Living Training Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services 2007......$20,000 Psychological Evaluations & Full and Individual Evaluations Bryan ISD 2007......$4,300
RIECHMAN, STEVEN (PI and Co-PI), HLKN Egg Cholesterol Consumption, Blood Cholesterol and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy United States Poultry & Egg Association Two-year project with total funding of $40,000 2007......$19,999 sriechman@hlkn.tamu.edu
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Texas is one of the first states to implement reforms to rebuild math and science curriculum at all grade levels since there are implications for all of us whether or not our kids are learning science and math. The biggest change needed is a cultural one, making science and technology attractive to today’s students. – Jim Scheurich, Professor and Head, EAHR
Heath Gasier (PI), HLKN Graduate Student
The Effects of Immediate Post-Exercise on Protein Ingestion on Protein Synthesis and mRNA Translation after an Acute Bout of Resistance Training Gatorade Sports Science Institute 2007......$1,500
RUPLEY, WILLIAM (Co-PI), TLAC
Deborah Simmons (PI), EPSY Enhancing the Quality of Expository Text Instruction and Comprehension through Content and Case-Situated Professional Development U.S. Department of Education Three-year project totaling $1,498,530 2007......$499,989 w-rupley@tamu.edu
SAGAS, MICHAEL (PI), HLKN
Gregg Bennett (Co-PI), HLKN The American Sport Brand International Exchange Department of State Three-year project with total funding of $840,000 2007......$279,987 msagas@tamu.edu U.S. Sports Industry Forum and Exchange Kyung Hee University, Seoul Korea 2007......$9,000
SCHEURICH, JIM (PI), EAHR
Robert Capraro (Co-PI), TLAC; James Morgan (Co-PI), Civil Engineering; and Gerri Maxwell (Project Coordinator), EAHR North Texas STEM Center Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $1,200,000 2007......$513,542 jscheurich@tamu.edu
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International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Taylor & Francis 2007......$21,851
SIMMONS, DEBORAH (PI and Co-PI), EPSY Project Early Reading Intervention U.S. Department of Education Four-year project with total funding of $2,885,628 2007......$678,274 dsimmons@tamu.edu
William Rupley (Co-PI), TLAC
Enhancing the Quality of Expository Text Instruction and Comprehension through Content and Case-Situated Professional Development U.S. Department of Education Three-year project with total funding of $1,498,530 2007......$499,989
Jorge Gonzalez (PI), EPSY, and Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola (Co-PI), EPSY Project Words of Oral Reading and Language Development (WORLD) U.S. Department of Education Three-year project with total funding of $1,292,086 2007......$434,996
SLOUGH, SCOTT (Co-PI), TLAC
Susan Pedersen (PI), EPSY; Janie Schielack (Co-PI), Mathematics; and Douglas Williams (Co-PI), University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Instructional Technology Engaging Middle School Students in Student Directed Inquiry Through Virtual Environments for Learning National Science Foundation Five-year project with total funding of $1,172,337 2007......$247,180 sslough@tamu.edu 33
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Our society is only as good as our ability to take care of our most vulnerable. The biggest lesson we learned from Katrina was that our system was broken. People with disabilities need to be involved in the evacuation planning for future disasters.
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– Laura Stough, Associate Professor, EPSY
SMITH, BEN (Co-PI), TLAC
Jon Denton (PI), TLAC; Trina Davis (Co-PI), TLAC; and R. Arlen Strader (Co-PI), CEHD Middle School Aerospace Scholar Program NASA-Johnson Space Center Two-year project with total funding of $61,600 ben_smith@tamu.edu
Jon Denton (PI), TLAC and Trina Davis (Co-PI), TLAC Opening Pathways for Teacher Instructional Opportunities in Natural Science Baylor College of Medicine Five-year project with total funding of $292,000 2007......$10,000
STOUGH, LAURA (PI), EPSY
Middle School Aerospace Scholar Program NASA-Johnson Space Center Two-year project with total funding of $61,600 2007......$25,525
STUESSY, CAROL (PI), TLAC
James McNamara (Co-PI), EPSY Policy Research Initiative in Science Education to Improve Teaching and Learning in High School Science National Science Foundation Five-year project with total funding of $2,340,677 2007......$353,441 carolsd@suddenlink.net
Linda Parrish (Co-PI), EPSY, and Patricia Lynch (Co-PI), EPSY Master’s Training Program for Special Educators and Transition Specialists of Students with LowIncidence Disabilities U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,480,798 2007......$299,982 lstough@tamu.edu
Eric Simanek (PI), Chemistry, and Susan Pedersen (Co-PI), EPSY
Evaluating the Impact of the Katrina Aid to Individuals with Disabilities Project National Disability Rights Network 2007......$35,000
VANNEST, KIMBERLY (PI), EPSY
Research Education in Disaster Mental Health Dartmouth College 2007......$10,800
STRADER, R. ARLEN (PI and Co-PI), CEHD NIMS and Web Site Maintenance and Development Baylor College of Medicine 2007......$72,260 strader@tamu.edu 34
Jon Denton (PI), TLAC; Trina Davis (Co-PI), TLAC; and Ben Smith (Co-PI), TLAC
Track 1, GK 12: Building Understanding through Research Partnerships and IT National Science Foundation Three-year project totaling $1,916,770 2007......$636,718
Richard Parker (Co-PI), EPSY; Mack Burke (Co-PI), EPSY; and Shanna Hagan-Burke (Co-PI), EPSY D2K: Data to Knowledge - Progress Monitoring in Behavior and Academics Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $1,100,716 2007......$500,358 kvannest@tamu.edu
VIRURU, RADHIKA (PI), TLAC
Planning and Curriculum Development for Young Children TAMU Honors Program Advisory Committee 2007......$2,000 viruru@tamu.edu
“I learned that I can be a leader. I want to become involved in more community activities.” – Youth Leadership Forum Participant
To learn more about Dalun Zhang’s work with the Youth Leadership Forum, see the story on page 10.
WOODWARD, ROBERT (PI), EPSY Youth Adventure Program Participants 2007......$239,000 drjay@tamu.edu
ZHANG, DALUN (PI), EPSY
Michael Benz (Co-PI), EPSY; Ann Reber (Co-PI), EPSY; and the TAMU Office of the Vice President for Student Services The Disability Training Network for the TAMU System U.S. Department of Education Three-year project with total funding of $937,536 2007......$312,095 dalun@tamu.edu Youth Leadership and Advocacy Projects Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities Three-year project with total funding of $275,000 2007......$100,000 Youth Leadership Program Training Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services Three-year project with total funding of $75,000 2007......$25,000
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