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Lisa Leonor Grable is an NSF Graduate Research Trainee in the Instructional Technology for Science Education program (InSTEP) at NC State. During her teaching career, Lisa has taught middle school physical science, high school biology, chemistry, and physics, university introductory physics, and numerous in-service workshops for teachers. She is an active member of the American Association of Physics Teachers and began serving as the chair of the Instructional Media Area Committee in 1998. Her research interests are technology enhanced learning, learning styles, multicultural diversity in science, and in-service science teachers. She is working on a PhD in Science Education. Lisa also writes for the web magazine RETRO (http://www.retroactive.com). grable@unity.ncsu.edu mailto:grable@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Suzy Barile is a M.Ed. candidate in the Department of Adult and Community College Education. Her major is Adult and Continuing Education with a minor in English. A 1975 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Journalism and Mass Media Communications where she earned a BA in journalism, she has 25 years of writing and editing experience in newspapers, public relations and advertising. Barile plans to teach Freshman English on the community college level when she completes her master's work in spring 1999. suzyb3@juno.com |
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Charlie Blackburn is a second-year doctoral student in Counselor Education at NC State. His research interests include developmental issues in counseling and intervention. A native of middle Tennessee, he graduated from high school in Lebanon, TN and then pursued his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then returned to Tennessee to complete a Master's degree in Human Development Counseling at Vanderbilt University. Charlie has worked in a variety of settings to include psychiatric hospitials and wilderness programs. Most recently, he worked as a therapist with a focus on victim and perpetrator issues. Charlie enjoys playing music, reading, watching basketball, and drinking coffee. 1Blackburn1@email.msn.com |
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Rainey Blackwell is second-year Master's student in the College of Education at NC State, specializing in Reading K-12, and has an undergraduate background in English. Upon graduation in May 2000, she hopes to teach remedial reading or language arts resources, and plans to earn her license to teach Middle School Language Arts. Rainey is currently finishing her Reading internship at West Lake Elementary and tutoring students with reading disabilities at the elementary level. hedicium@aol.com |
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Alec M. Bodzin is an NSF Graduate Research Trainee in Instructional Technology for Science Education at NC State. He is a science educator with a biological sciences background and has an interest in the improvement of K-1 2 science education. His interests include incorporating telecommunications into science curriculum development and implementation with emphasis on the roles that visual instructional technologies can play in these areas. He is currently involved in the development of a variety of interactive multimedia projects, including CD-ROM and World Wide Web technologies. http://www.ncsu.edu/servit/bodzin. html ambodzin@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Joe Busby is a doctoral candidate in Technology Education at NC State. His MS in Industrial Vocational Education and BS in Industrial Arts are from the University of Southern Mississippi. Joe has ten years of middle school and high school classroom experience, and worked as a teacher supervisor with the Mississippi Department of Education for five years. The past two years he has taught classes at NC State. During the past three years, Joe has co-authored a book and three North Carolina state curriculums. joebusby@poe.coe.ncsu.edu |
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Charles B. Callaway is a PhD computer science student at NC State. He works in the area of Computational Linguistics, including natural language generation, revision, lexicons, and explanation for intelligent tutoring systems. He received a Master of Arts degree in computer science in 1996 from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as separate undergraduate degrees in computer science, mathematics, and Latin in 1993. He plans to teach artificial intelligence and computational linguistics. cbcallaw@eos.ncsu.edu |
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Becky Childs is a second-year graduate student in English at NC State, specializing in linguistics, with a BA in English from the University of Florida. She has an undergraduate minor in Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and has been an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor. Her current research involves phonological variation in African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) in Hyde County, North Carolina, and she is the Hyde County field work coordinator for the North Carolina Language and Life Project (NCLLP) directed by Walt Wolfram. rlchilds@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Prudence Cuper is a second-year Master's student in Curriculum and Instruction at NC State, specializing in literacy instruction and middle schools, and has a BS in Elementary Education from Centenary College (New Jersey). Her research interests involve reader response theory as applied to middle school literacy instruction, and she is co-teacher of a fall 1999 Literacy, Media and Technology course with Dr. Hiller Spires. Pru previously taught middle school reading/language arts classes for ten years, during which she received the New Jersey Partners in Education Outstanding Teacher Award, 1994-96, was nominated for the New Jersey Governor's Top Teacher Award for 1998, and was Chairperson of a committee implementing a new Gifted and Talented Program. Pruinnc@aol.com |
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Brent Daniel is a second-year graduate student in the M.S. in computer science program at NC State, and has a B.S. from Wake Forest in computer science, with minors in psychology and math. He specializes in artificial intelligence, and his research involves combining artificial intelligence and multimedia to produce dynamic, multimodal presentations that are customized to students' interests and background knowledge. Current projects include PhysViz and PlantWorld, interactive 3D learning environments for high school level physics and botany. bhdaniel@eos.ncsu.edu |
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Linda Greene is a first-year doctoral student in the Counselor Education Department at NC State. She received her Masters Degree in Counselor Education with a concentration in school counseling from NC State following undergraduate work in psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked as a school counselor at the middle school and elementary school levels. Her primary research interest is in the use of Multiple Intelligence Theory in the classroom and the impact that this approach may have on the cognitive development of students. Her goal is to pursue a career in academics that will include research and writing in the area of curriculum development and school counseling. lcgreene@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Eleanor Hasse is a Science Education graduate student in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education. |
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Michelle Hsiang is a doctoral student majoring in Instructional Technology at the College of Education and Psychology at NC State. Her area of concentration in her study is in Teacher Education and Technology, especially in the pre-service teacher education field. http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/middletech/ ymhsiang@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Alecia Jackson is in the M.S.Ed. program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at NC State. She taught 8th grade language arts in the public school system for seven years before pursuing her master's degree. Her current research project is a qualitative study of peer response to student writings in an electronic mail environment. She also teaches an undergraduate reading and writing course and works with pre-service teachers at NCSU. Following graduation in May 1999, Alecia hopes to continue her education in a Ph.D. program in Education. alecia@mindspring.com |
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Geoff Love is a first-year graduate student at the School of Design at NC State, specializing in computer-generated graphics, animations, and interactive applications. He has a BA in art history from Davidson College, and has traveled through Britain, Europe, and Central America researching art history and practicing documentary photography. With his art and photojournalism experience, Geoff now enjoys combining art and technology to further learning and artistic media. geoffreylove@hotmail.com |
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Amelia Massengill-McLeod is in her fifth year pursuing a Ph.D. in the Curriculum and Instruction program at NC State, and has a masters degree from East Carolina University in educational administration. Her current studies focus on middle grades and teacher education, and her research involves reading writing workshops and middle-grades at-risk students as they transition into high school. She is currently working on a project supervising student teachers in their field experience, and in the past has given state and national presentations on workshop usage in middle grades language arts classes. annie.v@mindspring.com |
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Sarah Ragan was a doctoral candidate in the Science Education program of the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education. Sadly, she passed away during the floods of Hurricane Dennis, September 6, 1999. |
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Debbie MacIvor Savage is an NSF Graduate Research Trainee in the Instructional Technology for Science Education program (InSTEP). She is a first-hear Ph.D. student in Forestry at NC State, with specialization in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). She is interested in the application of GIS to environmental education, and the effective use of maps and charts for communicating spatial information. She has worked in the computer industry in a variety of positions before coming to NC State as a graduate student: Computer-Based Training Developer, Human Factors Engineer, and Programmer. dmsavage@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Trish Watson is in her final semester of the MS Technical Communication program at NC State. Her studies, research, and work experience focus on research communication channels among researchers, students, and the general public. She has taught ENG333, Communication for Science and Research, and has been a research assistant for the Center for Communication in Science, Technology, and Management, in the College of Humanities and Social Science. Her thesis examines the factors influencing participation in an electronic journal for student research at NCSU. pjwatson@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Brett Wetzell is a second-year graduate student pursuing a Master's degree in English at NC State, with a concentration in linguistics. His research focuses on the relationship between rhythm and language, with a particular focus on the dialects of American English. He recently completed his term as project coordinator for CALS Communication Services' initiative to move a number of its publications to the world-wide web. wbwetzel@unity.ncsu.edu |
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