Name:                                     Luis Almeida

Sponsoring institutions:       Penn State University             

Degree:                                   Ph.D.

Program of study:                 Instructional Systems

Area of Concentration:

Major advisor/mentor:   

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                2004

Expected graduation date:

Office address:                     

Permanent address:

Race/ethnicity:                      Brazilian

Gender:                                  Male

Place of birth:

Major research interest:

Career goal:                    

Degrees earned:

Professional affiliations:  

Email address:                    LCA120 at psu. edu

 

 

Name:                                    Gwendoline Ibamiwi Ayuninjam    

Sponsoring institution:        University of Kentucky        

Degree:                                  Ph.D.                                    

Program of study:                 Studies in Higher Education                

Area of Concentration:         Socio-cultural Studies        

Major advisor/mentor:          Dr. Sharon Brennan           

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                 3/05                     

Expected graduation date:   5/07

Office address:                      College of Education, 104 Taylor Education

                                                     Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0001                  

Permanent address:             319 Stephen Road

                                                  Frankfort, Kentucky   40601-5326                                                            

Race/ethnicity:                       African              

Gender:                                   Female              

Place of birth:                         Bamenda, Cameroon                      

Major research interest:        International Education & International

                                                  Students         

Career goal:                            Teaching/administration/research in    

                                                  higher Ed           

Degrees earned:                     B.A. and M.A.                    

Professional affiliations:        NCTE, KACTE

Email address:                        giayun2 at uky. edu

                                                  ibamiwi at yahoo. com

 

 

Name:                                      John Baker

Sponsoring institutions:       The University of Florida

Degree:                                    Ph.D.

Program of study:                  School of Psychology

Area of Concentration:          At risk student populations

Major advisor/mentor:           Dr. Nancy Waldron

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                 2004

Expected graduation date:    Dec 2006

Office address:                      

Permanent address:              1040 113 Terrace

                                                 Miami, Fl 33168

Race/ethnicity:                       African American

Gender:                                   Male

Place of birth:                       

Major research interest:        Minority overrepresentation in special education

Career goal:                            School Psychologist

Degrees earned:                     B.S., M.A.E.

Professional affiliations:       Association of Black Psychologists, Council for                                                  Exceptional Children, Council for Children with

                                                 Behavioral Disorders, National Association of

                                                 School Psychologists,  American Psychological

                                                 Association

Email address:                      jbaker2 at ufl.edu, Bjigga78 at cs.com

             

 

 

Name:                                     Chien-Ni Chang

Sponsoring institution:        The Ohio State University

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of study:                 Integrated Teaching and Learning

Area of Concentration:         Multicultural Education

Major advisor/mentor:          Professor Marilyn Johnson

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                 2004

Expected graduation date:

Office address:                     163 Arps Hall

                                                The Ohio State University

                                                Columbus, OH 43210

Permanent address:             5208 Dierker Rd.

                                                Columbus, OH 43220

Race/ethnicity:                      Chinese

Gender:                                  Female

Place of birth:                        Taiwan

Major research interest:       Multicultural Teacher Education

Career goal:                          Teacher Education

Degrees earned:                   Master

Professional affiliations:      North American Chinese Research Association

Email address:                      chang.236 at osu. edu

 

 

Name:                                     Mary Angela Coleman

Sponsoring institution:        Virginia Commonwealth University

Degree:                                   Ph.D.

Program of study:                  Research and Evaluation

Area of Concentration:         Research design and data analysis    

Major advisor/mentor:          Dr. James McMillan

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                 2004

Expected graduation date:   Dec 2005

Office address:                       PO Box 842020; Richmond, VA 23234

Permanent address:

Race/ethnicity:                        Black/African American

Gender:                                    Female

Place of birth:

Major research interest: 

Career goal:                                    To direct and conduct research efforts in educational   policy and testing resulting in quality information for  decision making and improved practice in education.

 

Degrees earned:                    BA--English; MA--Creative Writing: poetry

Professional affiliations:       NCME, AERA

Email address:                       colemanma at vcu. edu

 

 

 

 

 

Name:                                    Yashica J. Crawford

Sponsoring institution:       University of Florida

Degree:                                 Ph.D.

Program of study:                Educational Psychology

Area of Concentration:

Major advisor/mentor:         Dr. Bridget Franks, Ph.D.

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                2003

Expected graduation date:  August 2005

Office address:                     1403 Norman Hall

                                                Box 117040

                                                Gainesville, FL 32611

Permanent address:            1340 SW 32nd Place, #12

                                                Gainesville, FL 32608

Race/ethnicity:                      Black/African American

Gender:                                  Female

Place of birth:                       California

Major research interest:      At-risk and resilient low income and minority

                                                students academic achievement – developmental

Career goal:                          Work for research think-tank geared toward

                                                program implementation and change, university

                                                professor

Degrees earned:                   B.S.-psychology, B.A.-political science (magna

                                                cum laude 2001)

Professional affiliations:     Holmes Scholars Program, AERA, APA

Email address:                      yashicacrawford at yahoo. com

                                                yashicad at hotmail. com

 

 

Name:                                     Danne Davis

Sponsoring Institution:        Boston College

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of Study:                Curriculum & Instruction

Area of Concentration:        Critical Pedagogy, Diversity& Social Justice

Major mentor/advisor:         Dr. Marilyn Cochran Smith

Year selected for Holmes

program:

Expected graduation date:  5/2004

Office address:                     140 Commonwealth Ave.

                                                Campion Hall

                                                Boston, MA 02467

Permanent address:             7 Thane St.

                                                Boston, MA 02124-1911

Race/ethnicity:                      Black/African American

Gender:                                 Female

Place of birth:                       Boston, MA

Major research interest:     Teacher education, multicultural education, urban education

Career goal:                          Tenure track teaching at research institution

Degrees earned:                  BS-Criminal Justice, MS-Childhood Education

Professional affiliation:       AERA

Email address:                      davisdc at bc.edu

 

 

Name:                                    Marliyn Reneé Davis

Sponsoring Institution:        University of New Mexico

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of Study:                Quantitative Research Methods

Area of Concentration:        Partnerships/Collaboration and Liaisons in Urban

                                                Education Settings  

Major mentor/advisor:         Joseph Stevens

Year selected for Holmes

program:                                6/ 2003

Expected graduation date:  5/2008

Office address:                     Montclair State University

                                                Center of Pedagogy

                                                Chapin Hall 314-A

                                                Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Permanent address:            P.O. Box 43252.

                                                Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Race/ethnicity:                     Black/African American

Gender:                                 Female

U.S. Citizen?                         Yes

Place of birth:                       Newark, New Jersey

Major research interest:      School/University/Community Partnership in Urban Settings

Career goal:                          Professor in Educational Leadership in Urban

                                                Settings

Degrees earned:                  Liberal Arts Major Business/Education

                                                Foundations;

                                                MA Educational Leadership

Professional affiliation:       AERA, AACTE, ASCD, ATE

Email address:                     emyd at unm.edu , marilndavishere at earthlink. net


 

Name:                                    Michael A DeMarr

Sponsoring institutions:      University of Iowa

Degree:                                  Ph.D.                                    

Program of study:                Curriculum and Instruction 

Area of Concentration:  

Major advisor/mentor:        Robert Yager

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                               5/04                      

Expected graduation date: 5/06

Office address:                    Science Education Center, 450 Van Allen Hall

                                                    Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Permanent address:            701 E 3rd St

                                                  West Liberty, Iowa 52242

Race/ethnicity:                     Native American            

Gender:                                 Male              

Place of birth:                       Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, WI       

Major research interest:     Culturally relevant science education curriculum

Career goal:                          Professor at research institution

Degrees earned:                  BS, Biology; MS, Biology

Professional affiliations:

Email address:                     michael-demarr at uiowa. edu

 

 

Name:                                     Valeisha M. Ellis

Sponsoring Institution:        Florida State University

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of study:                 Elementary Education

Area of concentration:         Reading

Major advisor/mentor:         Dr. Barbara Palmer

Year selected for Holmes

program:                                1/2003

Expected graduation date: 12/2005

Office address:                     2901 Duffton Loop

                                                Tallahassee, FL 32303

Permanent address:             same as above

Race/ethnicity:                      Black/African American

Gender:                                 Female

Place of birth:                       Tulsa, OK

Major research interest:     The science of reading, Reading Vocabulary

Career goal:                          To influence and inform the future educators and

                                                leaders in education about reading, reading

                                                instruction and curriculum.

Professor at FAMU; Coordinator Inner City Youth Organizations; Grant Writer

Degrees earned:                  BS-Special Education, MS-Special Education/Varying Exception design

Professional affiliations:     Holmes Scholar, Florida Center for Reading Research, FSU Holmes Representative

Email address:                      vme02 at garnet.acns.fsu. edu

                                                valeishaellis at hotmail. com

 

 

Name:                                    Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp

Sponsoring Institution:        Auburn University

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of study:                Counselor Education

Area of concentration:         Counselor Education

Major advisor/mentor:         Dr. Renee A. Middleton

Year selected for Holmes

program:                                4/2005

Expected graduation date:  5/2007

Office address:                     3084 Haley Center

                                                 Auburn, Alabama,  36849

Permanent address:            

Race/ethnicity:                     Turkish

Gender:                                  Female

Place of birth:                       Ankara, Turkey

Major research interest:      Racial Identity, Multicultural Counseling, Cross-

                                               Cultural Psychology-Forgiveness, Multicultural

                                               Counselor Education

Career goal:                          Professor   

Degrees earned:                  Master of Science

Professional affiliations:     Holmes Scholar, American Counseling Association, Alabama Counseling Association

Email address:                      erguntb at auburn dot edu

 


 

Name:                                     Delia R. Gamble

Sponsoring institution:        The Ohio State University

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of study:                 Social & Cultural Foundations

Area of Concentration:        Curriculum; African American

                                                epistemological/ontological knowledge

Major advisor/mentor:          Professor Beverly M. Gordon

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                 2003

Expected graduation date:   June 2006

Office address:                      139 Ramseyer Hall

                                                 29 West Woodruff Avenue

                                                 Columbus, OH 43210

Permanent address:              832 Cooper Road

                                                 Raleigh, NC 27610

Race/ethnicity:                       Black/African American

Gender:                                   Female

DOB:                                       9/29/1969

Place of birth:                        Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Major research interest:      Race, Spirituality, Religion & Education

Career goal:                           Professoriate and/or Cultural Center Director

Degrees earned:                   B.A., History (1997) NCA & TSU, M.A. African

                                                American & African Studies (2001) OSU

Professional affiliations:       AERA, BGPSC, I-AM

Email address:                        gamble53 at osu. edu

                                                 delia_gamble at hotmail. com

 

 

Name:                                     Christina Garza-Nelson

Sponsoring institution:        University of Wisconsin – Madison

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of study:                 Urban Education

Area of Concentration:        Multicultural Studies

Major advisor/mentor:         Dr. Beverly Cross

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                1/2003

Expected graduation date:  5/2005

Office address:                      P.O. Box 413658 Enderis Hall, Milwaukee, WI

                                                 53201

Permanent address:             30256 Lake Hills Drive

Race/ethnicity:                       Latino; Mexican American/Chicana

Gender:                                  Female

Place of birth:

Major research interest:      Multiculturalism and Higher Education Curriculum,

                                                Conflict Resolution and Cultural Responsiveness

Career goal:                           University Professor and National Speaker

Degrees earned:                   BA, MS

Professional affiliations:      Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee &

                                                TRIO

                                                 Chief Operating Officer of NAHSA (National

                                                 Association of Holmes Scholars Alumni)

Email address:                      garzane2 at uwm.edu

cgarzanelson at wi.rr. com

 

 

Name:                                     Grace Gonzalez-Alfaro

Sponsoring Institution:        Fordham University

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of study:                 Curriculum and Teaching

Area of concentration:         Language, Literacy and Learning

Major advisor/mentor:         Professor Rita Brause

Year selected for Holmes

program:                                 12/2002

Expected graduation date:   6/2010

Office address:                      320 Waverly Ave.

 East Rockaway, NY 11518

Permanent address:              375 Salem Rd.

                                                  Valley Stream, NY 11580-1113

Race/ethnicity:                        Latino/Hispanic – Puerto Rican

Gender:                                   Female

Place of birth:                         Brooklyn, NY

Major research interest:       Assessment policies and practices for bilingual/ELL students.

Career goal:                           To teach at the university level or developing reading curriculums at the district level (state).

Degrees earned:                   AAS-Graphic Arts & Advertising Tech., BA-Elementary   Education, MS-Reading

Professional affiliations:      International Reading Association, Nassau County  

                                                Reading Council

Email address:                      Readandsucceed2 at yahoo. com


 

Name:                                     Doran Gresham

Sponsoring Institution:        George Washington University

Degree:                                  Ed.D

Program of study:                 Special Education

Area of concentration:         Emotional Disturbances

Major advisor/mentor:         Dr. Nancy Belkoop

Year selected for Holmes

program:                                11/2002

Expected graduation date:  5/2004

Office address:                     2134 G Street, NW

                                                Washington, DC 20052

Permanent address:             4702 Colonel Darnell Place

                                                Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

Race/ethnicity:                      Black/African-American

Gender:                                  Male

Place of birth:                        Richmond, Virginia

Major research interest:      Overrepresentation of elementary aged Black

                                                males in classrooms for students with emotional

                                                 disturbance   (ED)

 

Degrees earned:                   BA, M.Ed

Professional affiliations:      100 Black Men, CEC, Phi Delta Kappa

Email address:                       dgresham at gwu. edu

 
 

Name:                                     Tristana Harvey, M.A., NCC, LPC

Sponsoring institution:         The Pennsylvania State University

Degree:                                   Ph.D.

Program of study:                 Counselor Education

Area of Concentration:         Multicultural Competency

Major advisor/mentor:

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                 2003

Expected graduation date:   2005

Office address:                       327 Cedar Bldg, University Park, PA 16802

Permanent address:

Race/ethnicity::                      Black/African American

Gender:                                    Female

Major research interest:

Career goal:

Degrees earned:                     B.S. Communication Disorders, M.A. in

                                                   Counseling

Professional affiliations:        American Counseling Association

Email address:                           trh10 at psu. edu

 

 

Name:                                      Malik S. Henfield, M.S., Ed.S.

Sponsoring institution:         The Ohio State University

Degree:                                   Ph.D.

Program of study:                  Counselor Education

Area of Concentration:         Counselor Education

Major advisor/mentor:          Doctor James Moore, III

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                 2003

Expected graduation date:  6/2006

Office address:                     The Ohio State University

                                                 College of Education

                                                 School of Physical Activity and Educational

                                                 Service

                                                 1945 N. High Street

                                                 Arps Hall, Rm. 356

                                                Columbus, OH 43210

Permanent address:             775 Parkway Village

                                                Apartment 4-E

                                                Charleston, SC 29485

Race/ethnicity:                      Black/African American

Gender:                                  Male

Place of birth:                        Brooklyn, NY

Major research interest:     Transforming School Counseling Initiative

Career goal:                          Counselor Educator and Researcher

Degrees earned:                  B.S.-Biology, M.Ed.-Counselor Education, Ed.S.-

                                                Counselor Education

Professional affiliations:      American Counseling Association, Association of

                                                Counselor Educators & Supervisors, North Central

                                                Association of Counselor Educators & Supervisors,

                                                American Educational Research Association, Chi

                                                Sigma Iota Honor Society

Email address:                      henfield.2 at osu. edu

                                        m_henfield at hotmail. com

 

 

Name:                                     Afra A. Hersi

Sponsoring institution:        Boston College

Degree:                                  Ph.D.

Program of study:                 Curriculum and Instruction

Area of Concentration:         Literacy

Major advisor/mentor:          Professor Dennis Shirley

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                 12/2002

Expected graduation date:   5/2006

Office address:                      Campain Hall

                                                 14000 Commonwealth Ave.

                                                 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Permanent address:             15 Wyman Terrace

Race/ethnicity:                       Black, Somali-American

Gender:                                  Female

Place of birth:

Major research interest:      Literacy and Second Language Learners, Teacher

                                                preparation

and professional development

Career goal:                          Teacher Education Faculty

Degrees earned:                  Masters in Education Curriculum and Instruction

Professional affiliations:     AERA

Email address:                      hersi at bc. edu


 

Name:                                     KaaVonia Hinton-Johnson

Sponsoring institution:        Michigan State University

Degree:                                 

Program of study:

Area of Concentration:

Major advisor/mentor:        

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                August 2002

Expected graduation date:   

Office address:                      342 Erickson Hall

Permanent address:             2211 Woodleaf Ct.

                                                Okemos, Michigan 48864

Race/ethnicity:                      Black/African American

Gender:                                  Female

Major research interest:      Literature

Career goal:                          

Degrees earned:                   BS, MA, PhD

Professional affiliations:    

Email address:                      hintonk at msu. edu

 


Name:                                     Alyssia J. James

Sponsoring Institution:         The George Washington University

Degree:                                   Ed.D

Program of study:                 Early Childhood Special Education

Area of Concentration:         Alternative Certification

Major advisor/mentor:          Dr. Michael Castleberry

Year selected for Holmes

program:                                 11/2002

Expected graduation date:    5/2005

Office address:                       2134 G Street, NW, Rm 416

                                                  Washington, DC 20052

Permanent address:              9105 Wellington Place

                                                  Lanham, MD 20607

Race/ethnicity:                       Black/African American

Gender:                                   Female

Place of birth:                         Washington, DC

Major research interest:        Alternative Certification

Career goal:

Degrees earned:                    BS-Early Childhood Education, MA-Early   Childhood Special Education

Professional affiliation:         Council of Exceptional Children

Email address:                        alyssiaj at gwu. edu


 

Name:                                      Eunjoo Jung

Sponsoring institution:          Illinois State University

Degree:                                   Ed.D

Program of study:                  Curriculum and Instruction in Post Secondary

                                                  Education

Area of concentration:          Teacher education, reading/TESOL

                                                 (complementary)

Major advisor/mentor:           Dr. Dent Rhodes

Year selected to Holmes

program:                                  8/2002

Expected graduation date:   8/2004

Office address:                       232 Degarmo Hall, 5330 Curriculum & Instruction

                                                  College of Education

                                                  Normal, IL 61761

Permanent address:              305 North Walnut St.

                                                 Normal, IL 61761

Race/ethnicity:                       Asian, Korean

Gender:                                   Female

Place of birth:                         Korea

Major research interest:       Large scale data management, Teacher

                                                 education, Child developmental issues

Career goal:                            Pursue professoriate at higher education

Degrees earned:                    MA-Education psychology, BA-Education

                                                 psychology

Professional affiliation:         AERA, ATE, AACTE, IRA, Holmes Partnership,

                                                 Kappa Delta Pi

Email address:                        ejjung at ilstu. edu

 
 

Name:                                    Jin-ah Kim

Sponsoring institutions:      Illinois State University

Degree:                                  Ed. D                                  

Program of study:                Curriculum and Instruction in Teacher Education

Area of Concentration:        Curriculum and Instruction in Teacher Education

Major advisor/mentor:         Dr. Mary Murray Autry

Year selected for Holmes

Program:                                1/04                    

Expected graduation date:  12/05

Office address:                     210 DeGarmo Hall, 5330 Curriculum &

                                                Instruction  Normal, Illinois 61790 - 5330

Permanent address:             300 E. Shelbourne Dr. #74

                                                Normal, Illinois 61761

Race/ethnicity:                      Korean

Gender:                                  Female              

Place of birth:                        Republic of Korea

Major research interest:       Professional Development schools and K-12

Career goal:                           Pursue professoriate at higher education

Degrees earned:                    MS in Ed in Curriculum and Instruction

Professional affiliations:       AERA, ATE, ACEI, Holmes Partnership, Kappa

Email address:                         Jkim2 at ilstu. edu