June Faculty & Staff Briefs

SERVICE

Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D., Rabieh Razzouk, and Gena St. John led seven webinars as part of the University Administration Support Program implemented by IREX. Ten university administrators from Ghana and Nigeria joined the "Improving University Research Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa" workshop.

Rob Hanna, Zaida McGinley, Carrie Myers, and Jim Reynolds organized and administered eight free professional learning courses in four weeks across Coastal NWFL as part of FCR-STEM's role on the InSPIRE project. Approximately 190 educators took part in the professional learning courses.

BYLINES

Bodunrin Akinrinmade, Ph.D., is a coauthor of the journal article "Social Equity and Representative Bureaucracy: The Case of Nigeria's Federal Character Principle," published by Public Administration.

Brenda Wawire, Ph.D., coauthored the book "Hujambo! A Standards-Based Approach to Introductory Kiswahili." Volume two was released by the Kansas University Resource Language Center.

NOTABLE

Lakesia Dupree, Ph.D., Odalis Tavares, Ed.D., and Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D. worked with 30 educators in Hillsborough County on the Successful Start: Cognitively Guided Instruction year 1 program, providing training and support to teachers serving students in foundational grades where they learn the basics of mathematics necessary for success in later, more challenging mathematics courses.

Stephanie Zuilkowski, Ph.D., led the Southern Province data collection team at Rusangu Primary School in Monze, Zambia, to observe and conduct interviews with student teachers as part of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Stephanie Zuilkowski, Ph.D., and Bhushan Dahal joined with The World Bank, UNESCO, and The Gates Foundation to open registrations for the "Educators Shaping Futures: A Global Knowledge Exchange on Teacher Preparation and Development" conference in Ethiopia on November 3-4.

Vilma Fuentes, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute), assembled a group of experts from FSU who joined a high-level conference with experts from Ukraine to discuss ways to combat human trafficking. The virtual conference, planned by FSU's Ukraine Task Force and the National Academy of Internal Affairs in Kyiv, brought together experts from both countries.