Professor of Educational Research

B.S. Marquette University, Milwaukee,Wisconsin
Ed.M. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University/San Diego State University

Key Research and Service Activities:

• Project Evaluator, Guam Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Project, Guam CEDDERS
• Project Evaluator, Federated States of Micronesia-Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Project, FSM Department of Health and Social Affars, Palikir, FSM
• Member, UOG President’s Executive Planning Committee for Founders’ Day 60th Anniversary
• Member, School of Education Graduate Faculty
• Editorial Board Member, Micronesian Educator Editorial Board
• Member, Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI)
  

Research Interests:

• Grantsmanship and external funding to support institutional mission
• Infants and young children
• Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs from birth to 5 years
• Assessments in education from individual to school-wide issues
• Multicultural education and issues of diversity in classrooms
• Intervention for children with special needs in the classroom
• Quality assurance measures in developing programs for infants and young children
• Impact of service learning in undergraduate programs
• Improving teacher preparation programs
• Improving parental involvement in schooling
• Applications of instructional technology to high performing classroom teaching

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