Faculty News
Winner of the 2009 C. Harold McCully Counselor Educator Award -- Ray Adomaitis, Ph.D., Chair of Counseling program
Dr. Ray Adomaitis has been selected as this year’s recipient of the C. Harold McCully Counselor Educator Recognition Award presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the District of Columbia Counseling Association. During the conference, Dr. Adomaitis will sit on the Crisis and Trauma Counseling panel. Selected students from Trinity's Counseling Program will also participate in the conference to be held in Washington, DC in March 2009.
Amy Brereton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Early Childhood Education)
Early Years: an International Journal of Research and Development is a premier publication for academicians in Early Childhood Education. Dr. Amy Brereton was featured in their October 2008 journal (Vol. 28, No. 3, 311-324). An abstract of her article Sign Language Use and the Appreciation of Diversity in Hearing Classrooms is listed below.
This article is the result of a year-long study into the effects of sign language use on participation in one mainstream preschool setting. Observations and interviews were the primary data-collection tools used during this investigation. The central themes discussed include appreciation of diverse languages, diverse communication styles, and an appreciation of cultural diversity.
Joanne Durham, Adjunct Professor of Education
Our professors work in various capacities beyond the classroom and the college campus. We are proud to highlight published materials that show our reach in the academic community. In addition to her service as a supervisor of Elementary Reading/Language Arts for Prince George's County Public Schools, Professor Durham teaches graduate level coursework in the School of Education here at Trinity University. Click on the following link to check out her poem published by the National Council of Teachers of English.
Conference Presenters - Dr. Cynthia Greer and Dr. Deborah Litt
In the Spring semester 2008, Dr. Cynthia Greer and Dr. Deborah Litt gave a presentation to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) conference held in Boston. The publication for Women in Higher Education highlighted their participation in the conference. Click HERE to check out the article.
2008 Recipient of the J. Michael Parker Award from the National Reading Conference
Tisha Y. Lewis, a Ph.D candidate in the reading department at SUNY Albany, is a 2008 Recipient of the J. Michael Parker Award from the National Reading Conference. This highly regarded award is given to graduate students and untenured professors for significant contributions to adult literacy research.