March FSU Faculty and Staff Briefs
NOTABLE
Carrie Meyers, Jim Reynolds, Ashley French and Heather French conducted a workshop with Florida's educators to write test items for the Florida Department of Education’s FAST Assessment, which aligns with the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking Standard.
PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Subhasree Sengupta, Ph.D. and Yin Yang from the FSU College of Communication and Information presented at iConference 2025. The virtual presentation was titled "Narratives for Healing: An Exploration of Interactions Within an Online Community on Navigating Bullying Trauma.”
Subhasree Sengupta, Ph.D. presented at the SITE Conference in Orlando. The presentation was titled " Educating an Algorithmic World: Innovation, Ideologies and Curriculum development.”
Flavia Ramos-Mattoussi, Ed.D. chaired and organized the workshop “Arts-Based Research for Global Community Engagement: Showcasing the Development and Application of the FotoDialogo Method” and chaired and presented “Examining Inclusion, School Climate, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Decolonial Perspectives” at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Celia Reddick, Ph.D. presented “Toward inclusive refugee education? Host country teachers, refugee students, and the limits of global policy” and chaired the business meeting for Language Issues SIG at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Ana H. Marty, Ph.D. chaired “Pre-Service teacher education through the prism: Highlighting grassroots perspectives from Malawi and Rwanda” and “Integrated approaches in ECD” and organized and presented “Can adding a fourth year to preservice teacher education close the teacher training divide in Rwanda?” at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Stephanie Zuilkowski, Ed.D. was a panelist on “The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy on International Education” and a contributor to the book “The Bloomsbury Handbook of Method in Comparative and International Education” launched at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Kate Schell chaired “Can adding a fourth year to preservice teacher education close the teacher training divide in Rwanda?” and organized and presented “Pre-Service teacher education through the prism: Highlighting grassroots perspectives from Malawi and Rwanda” at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Jai Bum Koo presented “Pre-Service teacher education through the prism: Highlighting grassroots perspectives from Malawi and Rwanda” and chaired “How Do We Handle All the Children? Understanding Pedagogies for Overcrowded Classrooms in Malawi” at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Brenda Aromu Wawire, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) was discussant on the presentation “How Do We Handle All the Children? Understanding Pedagogies for Overcrowded Classrooms in Malawi” and presented “Pre-Service teacher education through the prism: Highlighting grassroots perspectives from Malawi and Rwanda” at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented “How Do We Handle All the Children? Understanding Pedagogies for Overcrowded Classrooms in Malawi” at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Jennie Robinette (Learning Systems Institute) presented “How Do We Handle All the Children? Understanding Pedagogies for Overcrowded Classrooms in Malawi” at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
Marion Fesmire, Ed.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented “Can adding a fourth year to preservice teacher education close the teacher training divide in Rwanda?” at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.
BYLINES
Stephanie Zuilkowski, Ed.D. is a contributor to the book “The Bloomsbury Handbook of Method in Comparative and International Education” launched at the at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Chicago.