The School of Education has successfully concluded its search for new faculty members in the areas of educational leadership, early childhood education, and reading/language arts. With these additions the SOE affirms its commitment to these instructional areas and enhances its profile with respect to research productivity and to excellence and innovation in teaching.
Our new faculty member in the area of educational leadership is Maiyoua Vang. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of California-Davis, and she is currently serving as assistant principal of a school in the Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District and as adjunct professor at California State University, Fresno. Vang holds a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies and a Master’s degree in reading/language arts. In addition to her recent administrative assignment she has 13 years experience as a teacher in California schools. Her research interests include school leadership from a social justice perspective and the interaction of policy and practice in legislation and interventions aimed at remedying the achievement gap in school performance associated with racial, language, and socioeconomic factors.
Joining in the area of early childhood education is LaShorage Shaffer, who is completing her doctorate in Special Education, with an emphasis in Early Childhood Special Education, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to her doctoral studies in this area, which complement and extend her Master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education and her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Shaffer has experience working for several years in an inclusive early childhood program in Illinois. Her research interests lie in the realm of early childhood special education, with particular emphasis on social and emotional development and disorders, and the interaction between policy and practice in the area of early childhood special education.
Dr. Danielle DeFauw will be joining us in the area of reading/language arts. She obtained her doctorate at Oakland University in the area of reading education. Her Bachelor’s degree was in elementary education, and her Master’s degree is in the area of literacy. In addition, she has served as literacy specialist for the Davison Community Schools for three years, after having worked as a classroom teacher in the district for seven years. DeFauw’s scholarly interests include designing and studying programs to assist below-grade-level readers acquire proficiency and the interaction between policy and practice in the area of reading interventions to assist struggling students.
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