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Carrie Lou Bloom

Director - National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, Department of Special Education

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Aileen T Bumphus

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

Leadership Development *Develops PK-12 school leaders. Designs and coordinates learning objectives, knowledge development, and effective practices for graduate students to apply theory into practice in their internship based on the following learning outcomes: *Develop Capacity for Teaching and Learning Excellence *Advocate for and Ensuring Equitable Support Systems for All *Build Executive Leaders to Promote Ethical Policies and Practices *Partner Authentically and Equitably with Families and Communities Curriculum and School Improvement *Leads and develops curriculum content, scope and sequence, standards alignment and performance assessments for higher education and school district curriculum. *Diagnose problems and challenges using school data, research and planning, implementation and progress monitoring and reflection. Improvement Science *Identify the Problem *Analyze the Problem and Diagnose Its Causes *Develop a Theory of Action *Design the Strategy *Plan for Implementation *Implement the Strategy *Assess Progress *Adapt and Modify for Continuous Improvement Certification *Leads policies, practices and designs systems required by Texas Education Agency for admissions, clinical experiences and certification for the program and department. School District Partnerships *Building a Partnership *Co-designing curriculum *Collaboration and Planning *Implementation and Progress Monitoring Executive Coaching *Design *Implementation *Strategic Planning *Progress Monitoring

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Debra Cantu

Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

Teaches Karate and Self defense courses. Specializes in the striking arts.

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Jason Chartouni

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

I work to improve interventions for students with dyslexia and other forms of significant reading difficulty, better understand assessment and assessment practices that best inform instruction, and improve educators' ability to make data-based decisions. Some of my representative publications are listed below. For a full list of my published research and other work, please see the links above for my CV or my Google Scholar page. (*indicates student co-author) Clemens, N.H., & Fuchs, D. (2021). Commercially-developed tests of reading comprehension: Gold standard or fools’ gold? Reading Research Quarterly, Advance online publication. Austin, C., Vaughn, S.R., Clemens, N.H., Pustejovsky, J., & Boucher, A. (in press). Relative effects of instruction linking word reading and word meaning compared to word reading instruction alone on the accuracy, fluency, and word meaning knowledge of 4th-5th grade students with dyslexia. Scientific Studies of Reading. Clemens, N.H., * Lee, K., *Henri, M., Simmons, L., Kwok, O., & Al Otaiba, S. (2021). Growth in sublexical fluency during early reading instruction and its relation to decoding acquisition. Journal of School Psychology. Capin, P., Roberts, G., Clemens, N.H., & Vaughn, S.R. (in press). When Treatment Adherence Matters More: Interactions Among Treatment Adherence, Instructional Quality, and Student Characteristics on Reading Outcomes. Reading Research Quarterly. Barnes, M.A., Clemens, N.H., Fall, A.M., Roberts, G., Klein, A., Starkey, P.,…& Flynn, K. (in press). Cognitive Predictors of Difficulties in Math and Reading in Pre-Kindergarten Children at High Risk for Learning Disabilities. Journal of Educational Psychology. Clemens, N.H., Oslund, E., Fogarty, M., Kowk, O., Davis, J., & Simmons, D. (2019). Skill moderators of the effects of a reading comprehension intervention. Exceptional Children, 85, 197-211. Clemens, N.H., Hsaio, Y., Simmons, L., Kwok, O., *Greene, E., *Soohoo, M., *Henri, M., Luo, W., *Prickett, C., Rivas, B., & Al Otaiba, S. (2019). The predictive validity of kindergarten progress monitoring measures across the school year: An application of dominance analysis. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 44, 241-255. Filderman, M. J., Toste, J. R., Didion, L. A., Peng, P., & Clemens, N. H. (2018). Data-based decision making in reading interventions: A synthesis and meta-analysis of the effects for struggling readers. Journal of Special Education, 52, 174-187. Oslund, E.L., Clemens, N.H., Simmons, D.C., & Simmons, L.E. (2018). A multicomponent model of adolescent reading comprehension: Comparing struggling and adequate comprehenders. Reading and Writing, 31, 355-379. Clemens, N.H., *Soohoo, M., *Wiley, C.P., *Hsiao, Y., *Estrella, I., *Allee-Smith, P.J., & Yoon, M. (2018). Advancing stage 2 research on measures for monitoring kindergarten reading progress. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 51, 85-104. Clemens, N.H., *Lai, M., Burke, M., & Wu, J. (2017). Interrelations of growth in letter-name and sound fluency in kindergarten and implications for subsequent reading fluency. School Psychology Review, 46, 272-287. Forgarty, M., Clemens, N.H., Simmons, D., Simmons, L., Anderson, L., Oslund, E., Davis, J., & Smith, A. (2017). The impact of a technology-mediated intervention on adolescents’ reading comprehension. Journal of Research in Educational Effectiveness, 10, 326-353. Clemens, N.H., & Simmons, D., Simmons, L., *Wang, H., & Kwok, O. (2017). The prevalence of reading fluency and vocabulary difficulties among adolescents struggling with reading comprehension. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 35, 785-798.

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Nathan Clemens

Professor, Department of Special Education

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Beth Cooper

Superintendent, UT High School, and Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

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Charles W Craven

Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Directs the department's Nutrition & Development program.

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Brittany N Crim

Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

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Kelly Cruise

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

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Gerardo E De Los Santos

Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

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Rosario C Deleon

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School

Self-fitness testing, physical activity promotion among college students

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Brooke Doherty

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

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Susan K Dubois

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

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Nell H Gottlieb

Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Explores ethical campus leadership and factors that lead to successful leadership of educators.

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Dottie R Hall

Assistant Professor of Practice-CURR, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

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Katelyn Hatfield

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Studies organizational change in sport through qualitative inquiry and historical methods.

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Florian Hemme

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Restorative practices; school-to-prison pipeline.

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Lorna Hermosura

Research Scientist, Population Research Center, College of Liberal Arts

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Arcelia L Hernandez

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

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Katherine J Hoffman

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Special Education

Examines the intersection of sport and international political history.

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Thomas M Hunt

Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

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Nneka R Ibekwe-Okafor

Assistant Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies Department, College of Liberal Arts

Focuses on the ways students learn in science courses using computational modeling.

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Kemper Lipscomb

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication

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Dorothy J Lovett

Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Executive Vice Chancellor of Operations and Public Affairs, Austin Community College

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Molly B Malcolm

Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

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Sofia Malik

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

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Robert M Malina

Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Teaches yoga classes as both a physical practice and educational experience.

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Zoe Mantarakis

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Director of Assessment, Office of Admissions

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Yulanda L McCarty-Harris

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

President, National University

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Mark D Milliron

Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

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Celena Mondie-Milner

Associate Vice President, Strategy and New Student Support and Executive Director, New Student Services, Vice President for Student Affairs

Marginalization and Perceived Mattering of PE Occupational Socialization Teaching in PE

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Tracey J Naumann

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

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Hien Nguyen

Project Manager, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Studies the historical, philosophical, sociocultural, and political dimensions of sport and physical culture.

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Tolga Ozyurtcu

Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

President Emeritus, Huston Tillotson University

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Colette Pierce Burnette

Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

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Shaden S Powell

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology

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Colleen K Reutebuch

Senior Project Manager, Department of Special Education

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Jinseok Shin

Research Fellow, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

Photo of faculty member Waneen W Spirduso

Waneen W Spirduso

Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

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Sandra M Springer

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Improving the accessibility and use of data and research to advance equitable policy and practice in education.

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Laura Torres

Director of Data Analytics, Assessment, and Translational Research, Education - Office of the Dean

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Kenneth W Tyson

Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

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Mark J Van Ryzin

Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Educational Psychology

Directs operations at the Fitness Institute of Texas and manages undergraduate internships.

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Rachel M Watson

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

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Brenda Zaparolli

Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts