Leadership and Counseling

Jean Henscheid, clinical assistant professor, is part of a research team that’s a finalist for a Gates Foundation grant project on teaching beliefs among faculty teaching Massive Open Online Courses. She also is part of a multi-institution Association of American College and Universities research project on teaching beliefs across disciplines.

Jeff Brooks, professor and Leadership and Counseling chair, received a 2013 American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award for his book “Black School White School: Racism and Educational (Mis)Leadership” (Teachers College Press, 2012). The book is among a select group of 31 recipients. The AESA is primarily composed of college and university professors who teach and research in the field of education. Each year, an AESA committee selects titles it regards as outstanding books that may be of interest to those in educational studies as a way to recognize and increase awareness of recent scholarship deemed to be outstanding in its field.

Brooks was recently selected as a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education’s Council for International Exchange of Scholars. He will spend several weeks in Thailand early this summer.

Susan Stuntzner, assistant professor of rehabilitation counseling, recently had her book “Reflections from the Past: Life Lessons for Better Living” published. The book focuses on offering resiliency skills and lessons to people with disabilities and others working through difficult or traumatic experiences, as well as how to successfully move past those situations. The book can be purchased on Amazon.com or through the publisher, Counseling Association of India at contact.caindia@gmail.com Stuntzner also has been featured on “Peace Talks Radio.”

Penny Tenuto, assistant professor, and Mary Gardiner, professor, received a Doceõ Center research grant on technology use in schools.

Students in the first Professional Practices Doctorate cohort graduated in spring commencement 2014.