November 2020 Faculty News

November 19, 2020

Dr. Valerie Shute, Mack and Effie Campbell Tyner Endowed Professor of Education in the Educational Psychology and Learning Systems department, appeared on an episode of the podcast "Should This Exist?" titled "Could This Replace the SAT?" The episode looks at alternative methods of testing other than traditional exams like the SAT and ACT. The episode can be listened to here.

 

 


November 10, 2020

Dr. Jeff James (left), professor of sport management, was named a 2020 Sport Marketing Association (SMA) research fellow. The SMA research fellow "recognizes individual scholars who have shown excellence in the area of sport marketing research, honoring the work that they have disseminated through SMA conferences and its official journal, Sport Marketing Quarterly." To be named a fellow, nominees must published at least seven times in the journal as well as conducted ten refereed presentations at the annual conference.

Dr. James Du (right), assistant professor in the Department of Sport Management, also won an SMA Research Grant Award from SMA. Du won the award for research titled, "Lingering Fog: Demystifying the Heterogeneity Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Active Leisure Participation in the U.S. Using Machine Learning."

 


November 2, 2020

Dr. Timothy Baghurst, professor of education and the director of FSU COACH: Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching, published an article titled "Quality Sport Coaching in Action: The Application of the National Standards for Sport Coaches in the Interscholastic Sport Context" in the journal Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators. The article examines how coaches and leaders in school sport programs can implement the National Standards for Sport Coaches to help them achieve their goals of training not just great athletes, but great students as well.

 

 


November 2, 2020

Dr. Laura Reid Marks, assistant professor in the combined counseling and school psychology doctoral program, published an article titled, "The Role of Racial Microaggressions and Bicultural Self-efficacy on Work Volition in Racially Diverse Adults" in the Journal of Career Development.

 

 


November 1, 2020

Dr. Cihan Can (Mathematics Education Ph.D. '20; current postdoctoral scholar) and Dr. Kathleen M. Clark, associate professor of mathematics education, published a paper (in October 2020) in the International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education titled "'Because You're Exploring this Huge Abstract Jungle...': One Student's Evolving Conceptions of Axiomatic Structure in Mathematics." The paper looks at one student's journey studying the history and philosophy of mathematics and how the student's competencies evolved.