Student News

John Barker, a Warner School doctoral student in educational leadership, who works for the University’s McNair Program, has been lobbying in Washington for the reappropriation of a program that supports low-income undergraduate students aiming for doctoral degrees in the sciences. Barker is writing his dissertation on this topic.

Jason Dauenhauer, a doctoral student in counseling and human development, received the Rochester Academy of Medicine’s 2002 Geriatrics Award for his paper “Late Life Depression.” Dauenhauer summarized his research in a poster session held during the Academy’s annual meeting. He and four colleagues wrote an article “Challenges Associated with Providing Physical Therapy for Elderly People: Implications for Graduate Education,” which appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of the Journal of Physical Therapy Education.

Marie Fetzner, a doctoral student in leadership and policy, has been elected to the national board of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) as the Region II Director for 2002–2004. Fetzner was also a copresenter at the Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum in Toronto in June 2002. Her topic was “Success in Cyberspace: Student Retention in Online Courses.”

Shira May Peterson, a Scandling Scholar, has received a 2003 Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education to write on the subject of science explorations in preschool classrooms. Only 6 percent of those who apply are granted these awards, expected to contribute to the history, theory, or practice of education. Last year Peterson was awarded an American Educational Research Association/Spencer Pre-Dissertation Fellowship to travel to three national
education events.

Marjorie Hodges Shaw, a doctoral student in educational leadership, delivered a presentation, “Making Soup without Stock: Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues Affecting Technology Decisions in Higher Education,” in The Hague, Netherlands, on
November 5, 2002, at the SURF Education Days 2002 conference of administrators in higher education. Shaw’s talk was about law and ethics in the administration of information technology in an educational environment.

Bethany Welch, an M.S. student in educational leadership, is heavily involved in community projects involved in the national movement toward service learning as a component of higher education.